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

[tlcya]

just wow. So Chris has been neglectful in this specific way for years and years. Sheesh, his daughter is correct, it is amazing a child hasn't died until now under his care.

 

[tlcya]

Yes, she lived with them for 4 years until she tried to take her life. Child Protective Services removed her from the home.

Crazy, CS fought for custody then proceeded to behave in his usual manner and stuck her in the car for hours on end. It makes me ask if he fought for custody in order to dodge child support.
MOO

yes, this poor kid, very sorry for her loss. She's had a lot of turmoil in her short life, glad she has mom's friend there to care for her.

 

[mickey2942]

Yes, she lived with them for 4 years until she tried to take her life. Child Protective Services removed her from the home.

Crazy, CS fought for custody then proceeded to behave in his usual manner and stuck her in the car for hours on end. It makes me ask if he fought for custody in order to dodge child support.
MOO

Great guy. MOO is that many parents want custody, joint custody, to avoid paying child support.

 

[callmehenry]

Anyone know of a way to read the interview with his older daughter? I’m UK and the site is restricted!

 

[tlcya]

summary of the interview w Parker's half sister:

She is 16 and unnamed in the article.

She never met her father until she was five. at that point a bitter custody battle was waged over her. Eventually CS won full custody and she lived with him and ES for four years. She has diabetes and describes that he was in the habit of her sitting in the car,, sometimes for hours at a time since age seven. Once she was in the car for 4 to 5 hours and kept having to restart it herself. She claims that day she had only eaten once, much earlier in the day, which is not good for someone suffering from diabetes.

She never wanted to live with him, eventually depression caused her to attempt to end her life. After that incident CPS finally removed her from CS and ES home. She was then returned to her mom's custody but mom then subsequently died after a battle with cancer. She now resides with an unnamed best friend's mother.

She says she is only shocked that a child hasn't died in a car sooner under his care.

her interview establishes that this has been a long standing practice for CS to leave small children unattended in a car.

Edited to correct an item (thanks for catching @al66pine)

 

[ChatteringBirds]

This man didn't bond with his children nor did he enjoy being a dad, did he. Psychologically I wonder what's wrong and why his current wife accepts it. Did she ever have a healthy relationship to see what it's actually supposed to be like?

 

[al66pine]

Legal Guardian of CS' Oldest Dau.

summary of the interview w Parker's half sister:

She is 16 and unnamed in the article.

She never met her father until she was five. at that point a bitter custody battle was waged over her. Eventually CS won full custody and she lived with him and ES for four years. She has diabetes and describes that he was in the habit of her sitting in the car,, sometimes for hours at a time since age seven. Once she was in the car for 4 to 5 hours and kept having to restart it herself. She claims that day she had only eaten once, much earlier in the day, which is not good for someone suffering from diabetes.

She never wanted to live with him, eventually depression caused her to attempt to end her life. After that incident CPS finally removed her from CS and ES home. She was then returned to her mom's custody but mom then subsequently died after a battle with cancer. She now resides with an unnamed good friend of her mother's.

She says she is only shocked that a child hasn't died in a car sooner under his care.

her interview establishes that this has been a long standing practice for CS to leave small children unattended in a car.

@tlcya TYVM for the summary from July 29-30 article.*
Thx to @Bounceycat & @MsMarple for initially posting link.

Article stated that woman that CS' oldest dau now lives w is
".... her legal guardian named [deleted by me al66pine], she is her best friend's mother...."

Not "a good friend of her mother's."
Perhaps other MSM worded it that way, & it's a small-ish point.

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N4T Investigators: Half-sister of 2 year old killed in hot car speaks out in exclusive interview

For the first time one of Christopher Scholtes' daughters is speaking publicly after the tragic death of his two year old daughter Parker earlier this month.

www.kvoa.com

 

[Herat]

This man didn't bond with his children nor did he enjoy being a dad, did he. Psychologically I wonder what's wrong and why his current wife accepts it. Did she ever have a healthy relationship to see what it's actually supposed to be like?

It's one thing to be watching TV while babysitting the kids. You can still hear them and see them, go looking for them during commercials.

It's another entirely to be completely absorbed for what must be hours in VR headset. No way are you actually caretaking those little children. LE needs to carefully get statements from the surviving children about what exactly he was doing, how often he behaved like this, and what they did or didn't do around him during these times.

The house could go on fire and a fire alarm might not even be loud enough to distract him. He wouldn't be able to hear screams of a child falling into a pool, or even a car alarm.

Absolute intentional negligence. He needs to go to prison, if these facts are true.

He should NEVER be in charge of children again and I am shocked that CPS hasn't stepped in to remove him from the home.

 

[MsMarple]

Crime Online has picked up the half-sister’s story and reports some of her interview:

‘I’m Surprised it Didn’t Happen Sooner’: Teen Speaks Out Against Dad Who Played Video Games While Tot Died in Hot Car

The 16-year-old daughter of an Arizona man is speaking out three weeks after he allegedly left his 2-year-old daughter to die in a hot car. On July 9, Christopher Scholtes’ toddler died in a hot car parked outside their Marana home, where she was reportedly left for three hours. Scholtes has...

www.crimeonline.com

P.S., has it been verified that a VR headset was seized by LE? All I’ve read so far was that a PlayStation 5 and some gaming controllers were taken (and the remains of a drink) but I may have missed it.

Scholtes is due back in court on August 1 which is tomorrow, perhaps we’ll receive more information.