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

[tlcya]

Detectives obtained security video that showed Scholtes arriving home and parking in his driveway at 12:53 p.m. Scholtes went inside the family's home joined by the child's two siblings, aged 5 and 9.

'I told you to stop leaving them in the car': AZ dad charged in toddler's hot car death often left children in car, records say

Christopher Scholtes is facing felony charges of domestic violence, second-degree murder and domestic violence-child abuse.

www.12news.com

to add to that from the same article - the toddler's two older sisters aged 5 and 9 revealed the following:

Police talked to the Scholtes' two older children and it was discovered that he "regularly" left the children alone in the vehicle, according to the documents.[referring to a regular/repeated practice]

The document reveals that the children said Scholtes "got distracted by playing his game and putting food away" while their sister was in the vehicle. [referring to that day]

 

[AislingGray18]

Jesus, he was told, over and over, including THAT DAY to stop doing it.

IMO, this is flat out Murder. He comes off as an entitled man baby. he had one job. One job. Keep his kids alive, and he not only failed, he purposefully did something he knew was illegal, even after being chastised, more than chastised, told explicitly to STOP doing it, and playing video games was more important than his child's life, safety and comfort.
He should never be around any child ever again smh

 

[Inthedetails]

She obviously trusted him so if he told her he wasn't doing it anymore then what else was she to do other than believe him?

There was the option to not trust him and hire a babysitter and/or send to daycare.

It's sort of like being married to an active drug user who promised not to use while caring for the kids fulltime after being caught using drugs while caring for the kids. You wouldn't believe they were capable of caring for the kids, period.

Help was as close as hiring someone who could manage responsibility. I was babysitting for families at 15 and managed the responsibilities way (way!) better than this lump.

jmo

 

[Allabouttrial]

Jesus, he was told, over and over, including THAT DAY to stop doing it.

SBM

Was he told that day??

 

[Allabouttrial]

There was the option to not trust him and hire a babysitter and/or send to daycare.

It's sort of like being married to an active drug user who promised not to use while caring for the kids fulltime after being caught using drugs while caring for the kids. You wouldn't believe they were capable of caring for the kids, period.

Help was as close as hiring someone who could manage responsibility. I was babysitting for families at 15 and managed the responsibilities way (way!) better than this lump.

jmo

You're right I was trying to play devil's advocate.

 

[MsMarple]

SBM

Was he told that day??

The quoted texts were sent by the mother to her husband while she was on the way to the hospital after the girl was discovered unresponsive. It wasn’t clear in some reports.

 

[Allabouttrial]

The quoted texts were sent by the mother to her husband while she was on the way to the hospital after the girl was discovered unresponsive. It wasn’t clear in some reports.

Thank you. Yeah that's how I read it too.

 

[Inthedetails]

You're right I was trying to play devil's advocate.

Sorry - I'm a bit blinded by outrage to have caught that.

jmo

 

[AislingGray18]

SBM

Was he told that day??

Yes his wife texted him but IDK when but yes it was that day

 

[AislingGray18]

There was the option to not trust him and hire a babysitter and/or send to daycare.

It's sort of like being married to an active drug user who promised not to use while caring for the kids fulltime after being caught using drugs while caring for the kids. You wouldn't believe they were capable of caring for the kids, period.

Help was as close as hiring someone who could manage responsibility. I was babysitting for families at 15 and managed the responsibilities way (way!) better than this lump.

jmo

Well said, and aptly put.

 

[KMouse]

SBM

Was he told that day??

I believe the wife texted him while she was on the way to the hospital with the child. Not sure when or how many times she had brought this up with him. Not sure why an adult needs to be told not to leave children in a car.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

I think it is not clear whether she warned him on that exact day, but she shouldn't have had to say it more than once.

I wonder if she subconciously sent the texts, including on the way to the hospital, as a way to create more evidence. She doesn't seem to want to leave him or leave him in jail; she doesn't want to hurt her other daughters.

Now her hard-earned money will go to attorneys.

But it seemingly wasn't true when she said in court that this behavior wasn't representative of him. IMO.

 

[Allabouttrial]

I wonder if she subconciously sent the texts, including on the way to the hospital, as a way to create more evidence. She doesn't seem to want to leave him or leave him in jail; she doesn't want to hurt her other daughters.

SBM

She landed him in it by sending those texts at the same time exonerating herself because he did tell the police they have both left her in the car before.