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Wife of man accused of leaving child in hot car to die files for divorce
Published February 11, 2016
FILE - In a Thursday, July 3, 2014 file photo, Justin Ross Harris, the father of a toddler who died after police say he was left in a hot car for about seven hours, weeps as he sits at his bond hearing in Cobb County Magistrate Court, in Marietta, Ga. On Thursday,, Sept. 4, 2014, a Cobb County grand jury indicted Harris on multiple charges, including malice murder, felony murder and cruelty to children. The malice murder charge indicates that prosecutors believe that Harris intentionally left his son Cooper in the hot car to die. (AP Photo/Marietta Daily Journal, Kelly J. Huff, Pool, File) (The Associated Press)
The wife of a Georgia man facing a murder charge for leaving their toddler in a hot car to die filed for divorce Wednesday, according to FOX5.
Justin Ross Harris, facing a malice murder charge for the June 2014 death of Cooper Harris, had been separated from Leanna Harris since the incident. The couple was married in May 2006.
The wife says their marriage is “irretrievably broken,” according to a court filing viewed by FOX5.
Harris’ trial is set to begin in April. He’s accused of leaving his 22-month-old son inside a locked SUV for almost seven hours.
Harris claims the death was an accident and that he forgot to drop Cooper off at day care. But authorities believe the death was intentional, and investigators said Harris exchanged lewd text messages with several women on the day his son died.
Investigators did not name Leanna Harris as a suspect, but said both she and her husband conducted research on deaths in hot cars.
The husband has been held without bond since the day his son died.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/wife-of-man-accused-of-leaving-child-in-hot-car-to-die-files-for-divorce