Arizona girl, 2, left in car by father on 109-degree day and is found dead

[browneyes]

I understand mistakes happen, but leaving your child to sleep in the driveway is a poor decision, whether it's hot or not. You don't leave a 2yo in the car to finish a nap while you yourself leave the car. It's not fun to remove a sleeping child from a car seat, but it's also not that onerous.

It seems neglectful to me to not bring the child into the house, regardless of weather or a/c. And in Arizona? In July?

I'm so sad this has happened.

I agree. No way would I leave a child sleeping in a running car while I head inside. It’s just not a good decision.

 

[browneyes]

So both parents had a habit of leaving their daughter in a running car while she slept. Sorry but that’s all kind of wrong IMO no matter how they try to justify it.

Heck, when I opened the link there was a big red banner at the top announcing an extreme heat warning. And this guy thought it was okay to leave his daughter alone in the car in the driveway? No.

I have a feeling the police are piecing together the afternoon. According to the timeline dad told the officer he arrived home at 2:45 but cameras verified it was actually 12:53. Why did he lie? To cover his behind even though he claimed it was their usual routine? Ugh.

Among other items, LE seized:
A PS5 gaming system
A remote control
A gaming headset
A drink left on the coffee table
A laptop
An iPad tablet.

Father of Marana girl who died in hot car faces murder, child abuse charges

The girl's father was arrested and jailed on suspicion of second-degree murder and child abuse, Marana police say.

tucson.com

I have to wonder if the mom is even fit to raise the kids since “they” routinely left their kids alone in running cars.

 

[Countem]

I’ve been pondering the less than an hour/3 hours time discrepancy. I do wonder if he told his wife the “less than an hour” lie during the initial panic to minimize his negligence to her (i.e., if I told her that I was on the PS5 for three hours while she was in the car, she would become enraged rather than simply panicked) not even considering this would involve a police investigation. Of course, when the police got there, he would be “stuck” in the lie. MOO.

 

[iamshadow21]

I have to wonder if the mom is even fit to raise the kids since “they” routinely left their kids alone in running cars.

We have his word for that, but I don't know how much it's worth.

If they both left their children equally long times in the car, fair enough, they're both negligent.

But if he's comparing what he did to her doing something like leaving the car running while she ran inside to grab her purse or a school permission form, two minutes tops, those are not in any way, shape or form the same thing.

MOO

 

[Allabouttrial]

Another thing to consider (in terms of their stupidity) if they were relying solely on their vehicle's technology/ability to alert (their phone?) that the car had powered off or was too hot, what technology (if any) did they rely on to alert them that their toddler was awake, crying, hungry, thirsty, lonely or bored while in the vehicle alone and how would they know the length of time that was going on prior to their going to the car to retrieve her usually? Guess they just figured it didn't matter how long she cried or screamed before they would decide to check on her?

Snipped by me.

Right??!!! this is the thing that takes it to the next level for me. Even if my grandchild is asleep in his pram after a walk, I'll park him in the hallway and even though I can hear if he wakes I still go and check on him regularly.

 

[Allabouttrial]

If it's true that both mum and dad would leave her in the car when she fell asleep it could maybe account for the 10-15 delay in ringing 911. In many of the articles it states mum arrived home at 4 pm. and I have wondered why it took so long to ring 911. As mum is an MD herself she must have realised this was a dire emergency so I'm puzzled as to why they left it so long to call for extra help. Now I'm wondering if they were hoping to revive her themselves in order to prevent any awkward questions, hence the charge of murder.

 

[iamshadow21]

If it's true that both mum and dad would leave her in the car when she fell asleep it could maybe account for the 10-15 delay in ringing 911. In many of the articles it states mum arrived home at 4 pm. and I have wondered why it took so long to ring 911. As mum is an MD herself she must have realised this was a dire emergency so I'm puzzled as to why they left it so long to call for extra help. Now I'm wondering if they were hoping to revive her themselves in order to prevent any awkward questions, hence the charge of murder.

She may have not looked in the car when she arrived home, especially if it was not running. She may not have realised her child was missing until she looked in her child's bedroom, expecting her to be down for a nap, and seen the bed was empty.

MOO

 

[clorenc]

I’ve been pondering the less than an hour/3 hours time discrepancy. I do wonder if he told his wife the “less than an hour” lie during the initial panic to minimize his negligence to her (i.e., if I told her that I was on the PS5 for three hours while she was in the car, she would become enraged rather than simply panicked) not even considering this would involve a police investigation. Of course, when the police got there, he would be “stuck” in the lie. MOO.

Or maybe he didn’t imagine that so much time had passed by because he hadn’t received the 20-minute car alert yet? Lost track of time while playing video games or whatever, and made a frantic guess?

 

[Boots38]

I have to wonder if the mom is even fit to raise the kids since “they” routinely left their kids alone in running cars.

She's a victim here that just lost her 2 year old and her husband is now in jail for causing the baby's death, just because he said they do it doesn't mean it's true. Why would you want her to lose her other kids for his actions?

 

[airportwoman]

She's a victim here that just lost her 2 year old and her husband is now in jail for causing the baby's death, just because he said they do it doesn't mean it's true. Why would you want her to lose her other kids for his actions?

We'll have to let the authorities do their investigation.

 

[Allabouttrial]

From recent video:

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Detectives are checking the girl's own iPad, they think it's GPS can help establish how long she was left in the car, what she was doing while in the car and if she was on her tablet or asleep.

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Dad's name is Christopher Scholtes

 

[Inthedetails]

Or maybe he didn’t imagine that so much time had passed by because he hadn’t received the 20-minute car alert yet? Lost track of time while playing video games or whatever, and made a frantic guess?

He knew how much time had passed but couldn't find the strength to say it aloud, imo. Saying something painful aloud is very hard, I get that. Once you say the words, it's real.

I can understand him skirting around the timeline at first. Imagine having to say the truth to his wife, the mother of a little child he let die, imo.

I DO NOT EXCUSE him, but understand the human instinct to protect himself from the crushing guilty feeling. THIS IS NOT AN EXCUSE as I think his decision to leave the child in the car unattended was a crime.

jmo