The mother of a Georgia toddler who died in a sweltering SUV emphatically told a crowd at her son 's funeral she loves and stands by her husband , even though he was charged with murder in the child 's death . `` Am I angry with Ross ? '' Leanna Harris said at the funeral in Tuscaloosa , Alabama . `` Absolutely not . It has never crossed my mind . Ross is and was and will be , if we have more children , a wonderful father . Ross is a wonderful daddy and leader for our household . Cooper meant the world to him . '' This was the first time she 's spoken publicly since June 18 , when her husband , Justin Ross Harris , was charged with murder and second-degree child cruelty in the death of his son , Cooper Harris . He has pleaded not guilty . Police said Harris , 33 , told them he forgot to drop his 22-month-old son at the day-care center before going to work . The boy died after spending seven hours in a child safety seat in the back of an SUV . Suspect speaks to funeral by phone . Earlier in the funeral service at University Church of Christ , Harris called from the Cobb County Jail outside Atlanta , where he 's being held without bond , and addressed the crowd by speaker phone . He was n't allowed to leave the jail for the funeral . `` Thank you for everything you 've done for my boy , '' he said . `` Good life . ( Inaudible ) No words to say . Just horrible . ( Inaudible ) I 'm just sorry I ca n't be there . '' Then Leanna Harris spoke . `` First of all Ross , I love you and I 'm doing this for you , OK ? '' she said . `` Two years ago when we welcomed a 6-pound , 8-ounce perfect baby into the world , this never crossed my mind . '' Child 'was perfect ' Leanna Harris said she worried about not being able to have a child and was joyous when Cooper was born . The couple had been married since 2006 . `` He was perfect , and he is perfect , '' she said of Cooper . `` He changed mine and Ross ' life . I 've talked to you about the magnitude in which he changed it . As children do , he turned our lives upside down . ... I would n't trade it for the world . '' The last two nights of Cooper 's life , he had trouble sleeping and ended up in bed between her and her husband , Leanna Harris said . `` I remember turning over in the middle of the night , his mouth was open and his full toddler lips just breathing right into my face , '' she said . `` I will cherish that moment forever . '' 'The Lord is holding me up ' Religion has helped her and her husband cope during this stressful time , she said . Police released search warrants showing that Ross Harris searched the Internet for information on child deaths in hot vehicles . The international media scrutinized the couple 's life . `` Some of you might wonder how I 'm even standing here today . I wonder that myself , and I asked myself that question over and over the last week , '' she said . `` I should be crumpled into a heap of snot and tears into the dirt , but the Lord is holding me up right now . He is holding Ross up . And he is holding both of us up when we ca n't hold ourselves up . '' Leanna Harris followed her son 's casket out of the church , still on the phone with her husband . Before hanging up , she said , `` I love you . '' Toddler 's dad researched hot-car deaths of children online . 5 key questions about Georgia toddler death . Who is the father ?
The wife of suspect Justin Ross Harris breaks her silence at the funeral . Leanna Harris said she 's 'absolutely not ' angry with her husband . A man who was arrested for allegedly shooting his girlfriend in a dispute over their dog has been charged with murder. The child died June 18 after being left seven hours in a hot SUV .