Dad in U.S. charged with murder in son`s hot car death

A U.S. court on Thursday held a Georgia dad responsible for the death of his toddler son left in a hot car.

The grand jury of Cobb County in Georgia indicted Justin Ross Harris, 33, on eight charges, including a first-degree murder, for having left the boy in the car for seven hours amid a sizzling weather. The grand jury accepted the prosecution`s claim that he intentionally left his son in the car.

Harris claimed that he had never thought about his life without the son. His lawyer also argued that the prosecution did not have enough evidence to support the claim of an intentional murder. According to U.S. media, however, Harris was found to have been sexting with six other women, including a minor, exchanging sexually explicit messages and photos with them. He also allegedly researched child deaths in hot vehicles on the Internet.