Minute-by-minute: Day 1 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:

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5:07 p.m.: After a lengthy break, that was initially scheduled to be 10 minutes, court resumes. Judge Mary Staley announces that court will recess for the day and the defense team's opening statement will be made at 9 a.m. Tuesday morning.

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3:28 p.m.: Judge Mary Staley recesses court for mid-afternoon break

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3:27 p.m.: "Death, deception and a double life. On June 18, 2014 the defendant killed Cooper. When the defendant killed, he committed murder and the evidence will prove this beyond a reasonable doubt," Boring told the jurors as he wrapped up his opening statement.

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3:17 p.m.: Prosecutors say Harris received an email from Cooper's day care, Little Apron Academy, as his son was dying inside his hot car. He also texted his wife around 3:15 p.m. that day asking her, "When are you going to get my buddy?"

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3:15 p.m.: Boring says Harris googled vacations the day before his son's death. Those vacations included Carnival cruises and Sandals vacations to places like Antigua.

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3:10 p.m.: Prosecutors say Harris used to take a photo of Cooper at day care everyday and send it to his wife to let her know he made it safely. Two weeks before Cooper's death, day care workers say he stopped sending the photos and told them, "He's just getting too old for that."

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3:06 p.m.: Boring says Harris was living a double life. He says Harris had relationships with multiple women.

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3:00 p.m.: Boring says what Harris did was clearly malice murder: "Theres nothing more malicious than what was done to this child's body, baking in the car for seven hours."

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2:50 p.m.: Boring says Harris backed his car into a parking space when he got to the office that morning. His car does not have a backup camera and Cooper's car seat was in the back seat. Prosecutors insist he would have seen his son at that time.

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2:45 p.m.: Boring says Harris told police he didn't do it intentionally before that was even a question. He says Harris told detectives after his arrest, "There was no malicious intent."

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2:43 p.m.: Boring says Harris told police that just five days before his son's death, Harris watched a video made by a veterinarian called, "How hot does it get in a parked car."

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2:35 p.m.: Prosecution says Harris returned to his car at lunch, leaned into the driver's side and threw a bag into the passenger seat. Boring says as Harris walks away, a person walked past him towards his car. Boring says Harris stopped and pulled out his phone as he watched the person walk past his car. When the person keeps walking, Harris puts his phone away and walks back inside.

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2:23: Boring says that Cooper's head was right next to the driver's seat and would have been visible to Harris. He says before leaving Chick-fil-A that morning, Cooper said "school" to Harris, yet just one minute later, Harris drove past the light where he would have turned to take Cooper to day care. He says Harris alleges that he just forgot.

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2:16 p.m.: Boring says as he sat in a patrol car after his arrest, Harris complained that "it's hot in the back of the car."

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2:15 p.m. Boring says Harris had planned to be an advocate for hot car deaths after Cooper's death.

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2:10 p.m.: Boring goes through the timing of what happened on June 18, 2014. He says after arriving at the office, just minutes after putting his son in his car seat at a Chick-fil-A .6 miles away, Harris spent at least 30 seconds in and around his car before going into work. Boring says Harris then went back to his car at lunch.

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2:03 p.m.: Boring goes through each count Harris is facing. Boring says the biggest question in this trial is, "Did the defendant INTEND to kill Cooper Harris?" Boring says counts 1, 2 and 4 (malice murder, felony murder and cruelty to children in the first degree) all require intent. He says he has no doubt that after hearing the evidence in this case, Harris will be convicted on all counts.

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2:00 p.m.: Senior ADA Chuck Boring say Harris did not cry, called his wife instead of 911 after pulling his son from the backseat of the car in the Akers Mill parking lot.

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1:53 p.m.: Prosecution says just before he left his son in a hot car, Harris texted a woman, "I love my son and all but we both need escapes."

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1:51 p.m.: Prosecution says Ross Harris "chose the worst imaginable death for his child."

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1:50 p.m.: Opening statements begin. Prosecution will present first.

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1:45 p.m.: Jurors told to stay off social media and not to talk about the case to anyone. "It's extraordinarily important that everything that you know about this case comes to you through this courtroom."

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1:30 p.m.: Judge Mary Staley swears in and charges all 16 jurors before opening statements begin.

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Monday morning: A jury was officially seated for the trial. The jury consists of eight men and eight women. there are 12 jurors and four alternates. During a pre-trial motion, the judge also heard from a Cobb County detective who questioned a prostitute who allegedly had an interaction with Ross Harris before the death of his son. The judge decided the prostitute will be allowed to testify for the prosecution.

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