Minute-by-minute: Day 7 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.

[Escort says she met with Ross Harris 3 times before son's death]

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

4:30 p.m. Court is adjourned for the day. Court will resume at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.

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4:18 p.m.

Hall says he was "making fun" of the Reddit page about child-free lifestyle when he brought it up in the group chat. He says Harris "wasn't for it", and responded "gross-ness."

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4:01 p.m. The defense brings up past chat conversations with his co-workers where Harris joked about having a co-worker pay for Cooper's tuition at a school in Buckhead.

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3:44 p.m.

Hall said when Harris didn't show up to the movies, he and his co-workers texted and called him. The call went to voice mail.

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3:39 p.m.

Hall said he does not remember bringing up a Reddit section about "child-free" life in a group chat with Harris. The prosecution presented a chat with the conversation.

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3:27 p.m.

Hall said everything appeared normal on the outside of Harris' relationship with his family.

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3:22 p.m. The next witness is Alex Hall, who went to college and worked with Harris at Home Depot.

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2:47 p.m.

Milling said he's known Harris to being a "loving, engaged parent."

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2:37 p.m. Milling said he forgot to tell the officer that he went into Home Depot the day Cooper died.

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2:21 p.m.: Milling tells the defense that the officers asked him many of the same questions he's being asked now.

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2:17 p.m. Milling said after the movies, he went to Ross' apartment. He said he was approached by two officers. He then left and went home. He went to the police department the next day to talk with officers.

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2:11 p.m. Milling said it "seemed strange" that Harris did not respond to the messages he was sending to him at the movies.

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2:09 p.m. After getting inside the theater, Milling anticipated Harris texting him to give him the movie tickets.

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2:07 p.m.

Milling said they planned to go to the movies separately.

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1:55 p.m. Milling said he and Harris and other friends planned to go to the movies the evening of Cooper's death but Harris never showed up.

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1:41 p.m.

Milling said Harris was a loving father and showed off his son. He said he noticed Cooper had gone through a growth spurt shortly before his death. Milling said he never heard Harris talk about being unhappy at work.

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1:39 p.m.

Milling said he and Harris would hang out on weekends, which included hiking, going to local events. Sometimes Harris would bring Cooper and his wife, Leanna.

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1:36 p.m.

After Cooper was born, Milling said he became closer with Harris. They spoke about starting a business with other Home Depot co-workers. Milling said they had formed an LLC and were negotiating first contract.

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1:33 p.m.

Milling said he and Harris and another friend had an internship with Home Depot, which is how he came to Atlanta from Alabama.

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1:31 p.m.

Winston Milling takes the stand, he said he works with Home Depot. He said he's been friends for years, they met and the University of Alabama.

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1:30 p.m.

The trial has resumed after a lunch break.

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12:16 p.m.

The court is taking a lunch break.

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12:08 p.m.

Moore said he never heard Harris say a bad word about Cooper. He said Harris told him that he and his wife would never get divorced because of Cooper.

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11:57 a.m.

Moore said the day Cooper died, seemed to be normal. He said he and Harris both gave "goofy waves" at each other at the end of the day. The behavior was normal, Moore said.

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11:56 a.m.

The defense is now questioning Moore, outlining where he and Harris sat in the office. Moore said Harris showed him pictures of Cooper in the past.

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11:55 a.m.

Moore said he remembered a time with Harris brought in his guitar from his car because it was hot outside.

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11:51 a.m.

Moore said he seemed a little distant or stressed out in the weeks leading up to Cooper Harris' death. But appeared "normal" on the day Cooper died. He said Harris seemed to love his family. Moore said he had a conversation with Harris about if he or his wife cheated on each other that they would stick together and "suck it up."

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11:49 a.m.

Moore said he worked very close with Ross Harris and his team. He said he didn't know him very well, just at work. He said he never went out with him outside of work.

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11:47 a.m.

Next up on the witness stand is Brandon Moore, he was an assistant engineer at Home Depot website at the time in 2013.

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11:21 a.m.

Malloy said Harris told her about his injury to his ear after a bottle rocket accident.

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11:10 a.m.

Malloy said she and Harris talked about music and if they had any friends in common. She also spoke about how Harris would sometimes bring in his guitar from his car to protect it from the weather elements.

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11:08 a.m.

Malloy said she met Ross Harris working as a contractor and that she introduced herself to him and had music in common.

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11:04 a.m.

The next witness is Regina Malloy, who says she works for Home Depot corporate.

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11:00 a.m.

On May 27, Robledo asked how Cooper was and Harris responded by saying he was "so cute."

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10:58 a.m.

Robledo says Harris told her she was not the only person he met up with using Whisper.

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10:56 a.m.

Robledo says Harris described Cooper as "the best ever" and sent her a photo of him.

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10:53 a.m. Robledo says Harris did not discuss leaving his wife and that he loved his wife and wanted to be with her. This happened around July 2014. The relationship was going on for about a year at that time.

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10:50 a.m.

The defense is questioning Robledo and she described the encounter with Harris as a "one night stand" and that she was "in and out" in about 45 minutes.

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10:44 a.m. The prosecution presented Kik messages from Ross Harris from Dec. 11, 2013.

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10:42 a.m. Robledo said Ross Harris told her he went on vacation and met up with another man using Whisper and had a relationship with him.

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10:41 a.m.

Robledo said Ross Harris "disappeared" for a while but later messaged her. He said he was caught and that he was laying low.

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10:40 a.m. Robledo doesn't remember how soon after their initial encounter that he told her he had a family. Robledo said he said his son Cooper was "great and that he loved his son."

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10:37 a.m. After the initial encounter, they stayed in touch but Robledo said they did not meet up again. He did "eventually" mention that he did have a wife and child during a questioning game.

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10:32 a.m.

Jacqueline Robledo takes the stand. She was 19 in 2013. She posted on the app Whisper about the movie "50 Shades of Grey" and that Ross Harris sent her a private message. She said the conversation "immediately went sexual." They then went to the app Kik to talk. She said he told her he was in his 30s. There were "Every day" conversations, as well as sexual conversations. She admitted to exchanging explicit photos. She said she was going through a "big break-up" and that she was flattered she was getting attention.

She agreed to meet up with him at his apartment in 2013 and they later had sex.

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10:11 a.m. The feed comes back on but it appears the case is taking a break.

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9:46 a.m. The live feed goes black as a minor witness takes the stand.

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9:35 a.m. Escamillo responded by saying sometimes people associate some things with a photo.

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9:34 a.m.

The defense is questioning Escamillo on why he showed her the photo of Ross Harris when asking about phone numbers.

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9:27 a.m.

Escamillo says he smelled cigarette smoke, not marijuana smoke when he entered the Econo Lodge room with the escort.

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9:26 a.m. Escamillo says there were about 5 or 6 agents and 2 supervisors in his vice unit. He says he was not familiar with the escort prior to the Ross Harris investigation.

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9:21 a.m.

Escamillo says he was told by the store manager that the timestamps on the receipts were about 18 minutes faster than the actual time -- that the times would be different on the receipts vs. the surveillance video.

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9:20 a.m.

The defense is now questioning Escamillo.

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9:18 a.m.

Escamillo says he went to the Chick-fil-A, where Ross Harris and Cooper went before the child died, and received receipt copies and surveillance video of that day, June 18, 2014.

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9:16 a.m. The woman then was released, she was not charged.

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9:14 a.m. After seeing a photo of Ross Harris, the woman said she was "90 percent sure" it was him.

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9:13 a.m.  She said she met him at a Ramada hotel. She also stated it was a 30 minute session. She said it was a "very bland and vanilla" encounter. Nothing stood out from the encounter. She described the man as tall and "kind of fat or fluffy."

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9:12 a.m. The woman said she offered to look through the electronic bill to see her call log history. She did locate Ross Harris' phone number, the same number Escamillo had on record for on May 31, 2014. She said she remembered it was a white male because she normally dates African American men.

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9:09 a.m.

Escamillo immediately told the woman the nature of the conversation was not about what was going on, but on an unrelated investigation. The woman told Escamillo she wanted to cooperate with the investigation.

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9:07 a.m. Escamillo says he met the woman in a room at the hotel where he identified himself as a Cobb County police officer. At that point, other officers entered the room. The woman was described as being shocked and taken aback.

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9:03 a.m.

Escamillo says he planned to meet the woman at an Econo Lodge, as part of the operation to question her.

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9:02 a.m.

Escamillo says he planned to call the woman under the guise of a "John" to verify who she was. The operation began on September 8, 2014.

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9:01 a.m.

Escamillo says Ross Harris' call log history on his cell phone indicated that he called a phone number for a woman offering "services" on Backpage.com on May 31, 2014.

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8:54 a.m.

Escamillo describes his role investigating prostitution cases.

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8:51 a.m.

Cobb County Police Detective Ralph Escamillo takes the stand.

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8:47 a.m.

The judge says a minor witness, age 17, will not be identified during her testimony. There will be no video or audio during her testimony.

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