Minute-by-minute: Day 9 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.

[READ: Ross Harris breaks down during medical examiner's testimony]

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

4:35 p.m. Court adjourns for the day. Will resume at 8:30 a.m. Thursday morning.

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4:22 p.m. Defense says at 12:48 a.m. on June 18, 2014, Harris researched child passport costs on his phone because he was planning a cruise for his family.

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4:16 p.m. Smith says detectives found the red image, reading, "I hate being married with kids. The novelty has warn off and I have nothing to show for it," on Harris' phone. He says the detective brought it to him and said he wanted to know more about it.

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3:55 p.m. Phone records show Harris messaged the woman, "I miss having time to myself and going out with my friends." He then said "My wife gets upset when I want to go out with friends." Around 9:15 a.m., Harris said "I love my son and all but we both need escapes." Prosecution says Harris sent that message just minutes after he's seen buying breakfast with Cooper at Chick-fil-A.

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3:54 p.m. Prosecution shows jurors a post pulled from Harris' phone on June 18, 2014 that said, "I hate being married with kids. The novelty has warn off and I have nothing to show for it." Prosecution says the image was not uploaded or posted by Harris but Harris did comment on it and then begin a chat with the woman who posted it.

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3:46 p.m. Court resumes from break. Smith's testimony continues.

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3:21 p.m. Court recesses for break while prosecution works out technical issues.

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3:06 p.m. Smith says he performed a data extraction on an Apple iPad and two phones.

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2:43 p.m. Smith says he was sent to the Chick-fil-A where Harris and his son ate breakfast to get the surveillance video.

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2:33 p.m. Court resumes. Detective Ronson Bridges Smith called to the stand. Smith works in the high tech crimes unit.

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2:06 p.m. Court recesses for short break.

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1:55 p.m. Defense insinuates that Harris lied in the chats to make himself seem more interesting. Defense Attorney Maddox Kilgore says Floyd doesn't know if Harris was being truthful when he said his conscience never kicked in.

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1:39 p.m. Floyd says she and Harris began chatting at 5:49 a.m. the morning of his son's death. They chatted until 2:10 p.m. that day. Floyd says he asked her for an inappropriate photo of herself that day and she sent him one.

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1:35 p.m. Harris told Floyd in chats that he was happy in his marriage minus sex.

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1:31 p.m. Floyd says although they had talked about it, she never met Harris in person.

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1:29 p.m. Floyd reads chats between Harris and herself, including the time she asked him is his conscience ever kicks in.

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1:26 a.m. Floyd says Harris sent her inappropriate pictures early in the morning. When asked if he was alone, Harris responded, "I'm not."

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1:24 p.m. Floyd says Harris never mentioned to her that he had a child.

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1:20 p.m. Floyd says she asked Harris if he was married and he said yes. She said she asked him if he had a conscience and he said no.

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1:18 p.m. Floyd says their conversations were both sexual and conversations about everyday things.

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1:15 p.m. Court resumes. State calls Caitlin Hickey Floyd to the stand. Floyd says she chatted with Harris on the Whisper and Kik apps.

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11:52 a.m. Court recesses for lunch. Will resume at 1:15 p.m.

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11:41 a.m. Jamar says Whisper keeps no record of private chats on the website or application, but can provide information on posts made publicly.

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11:31 a.m. State calls Lauren Jamar to the stand. Jamar is the director of content operations for the app Whisper.

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11:26 a.m. Brani says he is not a forensic pathologist so he can't describe the exact impact a child's body would have on the internal temperature of the car, but he believes his readings are accurate and wouldn't be changed significantly.

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11:18 a.m. Brani says he accessed the vehicle briefly around the same time Harris did on the day of Cooper's death to keep results accurate.

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11:13 a.m. Court resumes from break. Brani's testimony continues.

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10:33 a.m. Court recesses for morning break.

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10:24 a.m. Defense argues that the temperatures are not accurate because there was no child in the car. Brani says he disagrees and believes the information is accurate.

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10:16 a.m. Brani says any variables or discrepancies discovered in the morning would not "have any meaningful effect on the temperatures, especially in the afternoon."

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9:57 a.m. Defense says there's no way to know if the starting temperature in the heat test was the same as the actual starting temperature on June 18, 2014. Brani says he began his test an hour earlier than Harris actually parked his car so possible discrepancies in A/C temperature should even out.

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9:50 a.m. Defense argues that Cooper's body would have added heat to the car. Brani says it's true that if there is an object that is hotter than the internal temperature of the car it would act as a heat source. "In theory, the temperature may be a little warmer where that body was."

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9:45 a.m. Brani says his testing in this case cost taxpayers around $24,000.

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9:40 a.m. Brani says he had not completed hot car testing like this before so he did lots of background research before and after completing the testing.

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9:26 a.m. Brani says around 3:30 p.m., the temperature reached 125 degrees.

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9:19 a.m. Brani says the temperatures inside and outside the car matched up around 11:35 a.m. at 88 degrees. At around 12:45, about the time Harris returned to his car after lunch, Brani says the temperature at the car seat was 98 degrees. He says the temperature in the car rose above 100 degrees shortly before 1 p.m.

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9:18 a.m. Brani says when testing began, the temperature inside the car was 65 degrees and outside was 80 degrees because the air conditioning had been running.

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9:10 a.m. Brani says on June 18, 2014, the day of Cooper's death, the temperature was 91 degrees. On July 8, the day they did the heat study, it was 92 degrees.

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9:00 a.m. Brani says he took temperature readings every hour throughout the day.

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8:58 a.m. Brani says he completed the heat testing in Harris' car at the Home Depot tree house office on July 8, 2014, three weeks after Cooper's death.

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8:48 a.m. Court resumes. State calls David Michael Brani to the stand. Brani is an expert in thermal dynamics and heat transfer. He conducted the temperature testing inside Ross Harris' car.

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