Minute-by-minute: Day 5 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. %

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

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

11:43 a.m. Court recesses for the day. Judge says they are still dealing with impacts of Hurricane Matthew, which led to a short day. Court will resume at 9 a.m. Friday.

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11:33 a.m. State calls Jeffrey Jackson to the stand. Jackson works in IT at Home Depot and pulled phone records from Little Apron Academy the day that Cooper Harris died.

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11:32 a.m. Gray says in interview with detectives she was "scared" because "I did nothing wrong."

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11:27 a.m. Defense says "What in the World" email that Harris received the day of Cooper's death does not list absences or mention Cooper anywhere on it.

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11:15 a.m. Defense says during an interview, detectives asked Gray over and over again about whether or not she had talked to Harris that day. Gray said no but the detective continued to ask and warned her against making a false statement. Gray says she never spoke with Harris that day. Defense says detectives also asked her if she had a relationship with Harris.

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11:02 a.m. Gray says she was there when Leanna Harris came to pick up Cooper on June 18, 2014. She said she thought it was odd and asked Leanna, "What are you doing here? Cooper's not here." Gray says, "(Leanna) was confused. She looked frantic."

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10:58 a.m. Gray says Cooper was just starting to talk and had learned to say her name. She says the night before his death, he said, "Bye Chel" on his way out the door.

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10:55 a.m. State calls witness Michelle Gray to the stand. Gray was working as a co-teacher in Cooper's classroom at Little Apron Academy in June 2014.

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10:52 a.m. Hawkins says learning that Harris was sexting other woman would have been surprising to her because that's not how he portrayed himself.

State:

If you heard or knew that he was sexting other women and prostitutes and things like that, would that be night and day from the way he protrayed himself to you?

Hawkins:

Right. It would be.

Defense:

How he protrayed himself to you was in fact what you saw over the period of more than a year with Cooper, which was, you knew he loved that little boy. Is that true?

Hawkins:

Yes.

Defense:

And you knew it because of the way he interacted with him?

Hawkins:

Yes.

Defense:

Because he came back to check on him. The way that he came back for special occasions, to dress up as the tool, or to be there for the parades and to be involved. That's how you knew Ross loved that little boy. Isn't that true?

Hawkins:

Yes.

State:

Did he also act like he loved his wife?

Hawkins:

Yes.

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10:38 a.m. Hawkins says it wasn't unusual for Harris to be late bringing Cooper to day care. He would often call to reserve breakfast for Cooper, which ended at 8:45 a.m.

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10:36 a.m. Hawkins describes Cooper as "normal, happy, healthy."

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10:34 a.m. State calls witness Azure Hawkins to the stand. Hawkins worked at LIttle Apron Academy when Cooper was a student. She says Cooper was in her class for about a year.

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10:08 a.m. Court recesses until 10:15 a.m.

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10:06 a.m. Defense shows Patrick the "What in the World" email sent to all parents on June 18, 2014. Patrick says she wrote that email. Agrees that Cooper is not mentioned and there is no photo of him in that email.

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10:00 a.m. Patrick says Harris took all of the photos on his cell phone. Defense insinuates he may have stopped because of a conversation between Harris and his wife.

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9:55 a.m. Defense shows jurors photos of Harris visiting Cooper at day care. Patrick agrees that Harris was an engaged dad.

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9:47 a.m. Patrick says Harris used to take photos of Cooper every morning at day care until two weeks before Cooper's death. Patrick says she asked why he stopped and Harris said, "Because he's getting older."

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9:46 a.m. Patrick says on the afternoon of June 18, 2014 she was there when Leanna Harris arrived to pick Cooper up. She spoke with Leanna and then attempted to call Harris several times.

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9:41 a.m. Patrick says Harris would call if he was running late. She says Harris did not call on the morning of June 18, 2014.

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9:39 a.m. Patrick says Harris appeared to be a loving father and was very active with his child.

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9:38 a.m. Patrick says Cooper started talking late May. She says she had been teaching Cooper since he was an infant and had watched him develop.

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9:33 a.m. State calls Keyatta Patrick to the stand. Patrick, a teacher at Little Apron Academy, was Cooper Harris' teacher in June 2014.

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9:31 a.m. Gibson says her observation of Harris as a loving father wasn't a one time thing. It was formed over 18 months. When questioned by prosecutors, she says she has been surprised before by parents who act one way in front of her, but later turn out to be completely different.

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9:30 a.m. Defense says Harris went to Chick-fil-A several mornings in June after dropping Cooper at day care.

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9:24 a.m. Gibson says there were no signs of neglect or abuse, and if there had been she would've been surprised based on her interactions with the Harris family.

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9:18 a.m. Gibson describes Harris as "very present." She said Harris used to stop in and check on Cooper at lunch sometimes. Talks about a time when Harris dressed up for day care events. "We definitely knew when Ross was in the building," Gibson said while smiling.

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9:16 a.m. Defense says everyone at Little Apron knew Harris. Gibson smiles as she says yes. Agrees he was a "personality, always cracking jokes."

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9:15 a.m. Defense begins cross-examination of Gibson.

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9:09 a.m. State enters day care records into evidence. The records include who dropped him off and at what time.

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9:06 a.m. Gibson says Harris usually brought Cooper to day care in the morning.

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9:04 a.m. "Cooper was an affable child. He was a talker. Calm-natured, very easy to get along, just a normal soon-to-be 2-year-old," Gibson said of Cooper.

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9:03 a.m. Gibson says Harris was more gregarious and mom, Leanna, was more reserved. She says they always acted appropriately with Cooper.

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9:03 a.m. Gibson says Cooper had been attending day care there since he was an infant. She says she had many interactions with Harris and his ex-wife Leanna.

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9:00 a.m. State calls first witness of the day, Melony Gibson, to the stand. Gibson is the executive director at Little Apron Academy, where Cooper Harris attended day care.

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8:59 a.m. Court resumes. Short day of testimony expected.

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