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Minute-by-minute: Day 13 of the Ross Harris hot car death trial

GLYNN COUNTY, Ga. — It’s been more than two years since 22-month-old Cooper Harris died in the back seat of a hot SUV outside a Cobb County office building.

His father, Ross Harris, is now on trial for his death.

Follow minute-by-minute coverage of the case below:

4:37 p.m. Court adjourns for the day. Testimony will resume at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.

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4:26 p.m. Kilgore argues that as soon as Stoddard determined that some of his testimony wasn't correct, he should have made a report and corrected it. Stoddard said it wasn't incorrect -- they just learned new information since his initial testimony.

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4:00 p.m. Kilgore continues to dissect Stoddard's testimony from previous hearings. Kilgore insinuates that Stoddard exaggerated his statements in prior testimony and caused an uproar in the public and the media.

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3:54 p.m. Defense argues that Harris was not the only one who forgot to tell detectives that he went to Home Depot during his lunch break. Kilgore says one of Harris' friends forgot too and had to be reminded about it during the interview. Stoddard said that friend didn't have the same triggers that Harris did.

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3:36 p.m. Jurors reenter the courtroom. Defense continues cross-examination of Stoddard.

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3:12 p.m. Defense argues that the car seat should not be allowed to be placed in Harris' SUV. They say if jurors see it with the car seat inside it, they will likely substitute their view for what Harris saw that day, which Kilgore argues is not accurate or fair. Judge rules car seat will be allowed. She also ruled that Stoddard will be allowed to be there during the viewing but is not allowed to say anything.

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3:05 p.m. Before court resumes, defense talks with judge about taking jurors to view Harris' car. Harris tells the judge he does not want to be present for that viewing.

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2:38 p.m. Court takes afternoon break.

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2:12 p.m. Defense questions Stoddard about statements he made in prior court hearings that "weren't completely accurate." Defense says Harris didn't search for the video on hot cars, only clicked on a link.

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1:58 p.m. Defense points out that Stoddard tracked down women Harris sexted with before Cooper was born, but didn't reach out to the travel agent he was talking to the day before and day of Cooper's death. Kilgore says that's because it didn't fit Stoddard's theory. Stoddard disagrees.

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1:43 p.m. Defense looks through conversation between Harris and other family members about the cruise they were planning. Defense attorney Maddox Kilgore says Harris searched for information about kids on cruises and if kids cruise free. He argues that's inconsistent with someone who wants to kill his son.

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1:34 p.m. Defense shows video of Cooper asleep as he enters day care several days in June. Stoddard said 4 out of the 6 times Cooper went to day care in June, he was asleep when they entered.

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1:32 p.m. Defense says 30 seconds seemed to be the average amount of time it usually took Harris to get out of his car in the mornings.

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1:10 p.m. Court resumes from break. Kilgore and Stoddard begin to look at video from the parking lot at Harris' office the day Cooper died.

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11:51 a.m. Court breaks for lunch.

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11:45 a.m. Defense says if Harris wanted to hide his son in the car that day, he could have parked against the wood line where no one would see inside, but he didn't do that.

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11:29 a.m. Defense says the 5 minute call Harris made on scene was to the Home Depot switchboard. Defense insinuates Harris never dialed an extension so the call just sat on the switchboard main line.

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11:22 a.m. Defense says only a few people on the scene smelled any sort of odor. Kilgore asks Stoddard if its possible Harris did not smell that. Stoddard says, "Yes it's possible."

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11:04 a.m. Stoddard says he never put his head into the car on the scene so he did not smell anything in the car. When he got into it later, he smelled the foul odor.

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11:00 a.m. Stoddard says at one point he asked the FBI for help in this case. He received a binder filled with articles about kids who have died in hot cars.

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10:56 a.m. Defense brings back Whisper chat where Harris talks about Cooper, says, "He's awesome."

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10:52 a.m. Defense says that Harris' attitude changed and he was much calmer in the patrol car because he had just been detained and was wearing handcuffs.

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10:49 a.m. Court resumes.

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10:21 a.m. Court recesses for morning break.

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10:15 p.m. Stoddard says if he had seen Harris' tears or nose running or anything associated with crying, he would have been more likely to believe that Harris' outburst in the back of the patrol car was sincere.

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10:03 a.m. Defense says Harris did not delete inappropriate images or his chat applications on the day his son died. They were still there when police received the phone. Defense insinuates that if he had known police would have his phone, he would have deleted those things.

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9:57 a.m. Stoddard says Harris photo gallery on his phone shows his double life. He says next to a sleeping photo of Cooper there was an inappropriate photo of Harris.

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9:51 a.m. Stoddard says during his investigation he did not receive any reports of Harris abusing or neglecting Cooper.

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9:45 p.m. Stoddard says during his more than two year investigation he has not found anyone who said Harris hated or resented his child.

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9:44 p.m. Defense begins cross-examination of Stoddard.

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9:35 p.m. Stoddard said the applications Kik and Whisper were hidden underneath an app titled "Weather."

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9:10 p.m. Stoddard continues reading Harris' chats. In them, Harris tells multiple women he's leading a double life and "wants to be single sometimes."

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9:07 a.m. At 10:50 a.m. the morning of Cooper's death, Harris sent another message to a woman on Whisper about his son. He talked with her about how Cooper woke him up early that morning. During the chat about Cooper, Harris says, "He's awesome." Prosecutors say that message was sent not long before Harris went to lunch.

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9:00 a.m. Court resumes. Lead detective Phil Stoddard returns to the stand.