GUILTY Arizona girl, 2, left in car by father on 109-degree day and is found dead #2 (guilty plea, father found dead 5 November 2025 before sentencing)

[Charlot123]

Damn. There's just no way.

Did Chris have some kind of disability? He seemed completely oblivious about... everything. There's no way he wasn't a couple of sandwiches short of a picnic... ???

I was asking myself this question from day one. He used to be a bartender, so he should have been able to at least have certain dexterity. But, I think that perhaps he had some isolated learning problems that prevented him from working in other areas, and alcoholism+coke addiction made bartending an impossible career.

What surprised me most was his conversation with the police immediately after Parker’s death. He should have understood that his house was the scene of crime, and the cops had all power at that time. But he behaved as if they broke into his house randomly, without a warrant. He was irritated with them. This is when I asked myself, what am I seeing?

But, I have met several coke/alcohol addicts who function, socially, better than they should. Charming, manipulative, good-looking. What is missing is the concept of “consequences”.

 

[airportwoman]

I was asking myself this question from day one. He used to be a bartender, so he should have been able to at least have certain dexterity. But, I think that perhaps he had some isolated learning problems that prevented him from working in other areas, and alcoholism+coke addiction made bartending an impossible career.

What surprised me most was his conversation with the police immediately after Parker’s death. He should have understood that his house was the scene of crime, and the cops had all power at that time. But he behaved as if they broke into his house randomly, without a warrant. He was irritated with them. This is when I asked myself, what am I seeing?

But, I have met several coke/alcohol addicts who function, socially, better than they should. Charming, manipulative, good-looking. What is missing is the concept of “consequences”.

Whatever age an addict was when they started using is the age they remain, emotionally, until they become sober.

 

[snarast]

Damn. There's just no way.

Did Chris have some kind of disability? He seemed completely oblivious about... everything. There's no way he wasn't a couple of sandwiches short of a picnic... ???

Right. I’m guessing a bad case of ADHD - this can make people addicted to gaming and it’s real. But the biggest problem seems to be that he was on autopilot - and it was an escapist autopilot, sort of like a macho buff jock version of Ozzy Osbourne.

You don’t combine that mindset with childcare.

And when you have systematically done this over and over, never seriously taken responsibility for your actions - in fact you have narcissistic or even sociopathic coping mechanisms due to the fact that at the end of the day you must seem to “win”, you therefore, to win, point out other people’s flaws while never changing your own selfish ways….

I could go on. At some point the end result is just a pathetic narcissist refusing to accept reality. Life is about more than winning.


IMHOO

 

[Charlot123]

Whatever age an addict was when they started using is the age they remain, emotionally, until they become sober.

In this case it was cross-addiction, not getting sober.

 

[sunspun]

In that pdf they say some CS friend named ryan bought a red convertible and put it in CS's name. I'm sure someone will correct me if I got that wrong. But I don't remember seeing what happened to the car he let Parker die in.

The way I understood it was that when funds were needed for legal stuff, Christopher was encouraged to sell his red convertible (I don't know make or model). It sounds like he showed reluctance to sell it (not surprised), but he eventually agreed. That's when Ryan (Chris's best friend) stepped in to buy the convertible. But after he bought it, he GAVE IT BACK TO CHRIS! Even going so far as to put the title back in Chris's name! Or to leave it his name, I guess. Or maybe they did change the title to make it a legal sale, but then when he gave him the car back, I'm sure they said he even put it in Chris's name. So the guy (Ryan) essentially just gave them the money, thousands of dollars, I'm sure, but I don't know how much. All so poor Chris didn't have to give up his precious little red convertible.

I can't believe how severely he was enabled by everyone for so long.

 

[NuttMegg]

The way I understood it was that when funds were needed for legal stuff, Christopher was encouraged to sell his red convertible (I don't know make or model). It sounds like he showed reluctance to sell it (not surprised), but he eventually agreed. That's when Ryan (Chris's best friend) stepped in to buy the convertible. But after he bought it, he GAVE IT BACK TO CHRIS! Even going so far as to put the title back in Chris's name! Or to leave it his name, I guess. Or maybe they did change the title to make it a legal sale, but then when he gave him the car back, I'm sure they said he even put it in Chris's name. So the guy (Ryan) essentially just gave them the money, thousands of dollars, I'm sure, but I don't know how much. All so poor Chris didn't have to give up his precious little red convertible.

I can't believe how severely he was enabled by everyone for so long.

Thanks, I missed the part about it being his car in the first place. J m o, but why would a grown up couple with small babies consider a convertible to be a safe family choice for a car. I don't want to offend, just seems like so many things can go wrong.

 

[iamshadow21]

Thanks, I missed the part about it being his car in the first place. J m o, but why would a grown up couple with small babies consider a convertible to be a safe family choice for a car. I don't want to offend, just seems like so many things can go wrong.

Frankly, I doubt the kids were ever allowed in that car. It was his toy.

MOO

 

[NuttMegg]

I wouldn’t call narcissism a disability… but he was definitely a narcissist

I don't have a term for it. I've seen it close up in fishing boats, places where it's necessary to spend a lot of time close up with people. There are some who lack a sense of self, everything small and large is for show. They are constantly aware of how they are coming across, basically always acting, calculating. I've seen it, I recognize it in his actions in the house with the cops when PS died, when he was arrested, and in the words of CK how inappropriately he acted at Parker's funeral. "Look at ME". So hard to describe, someone who is empty, vacant core, who constantly is acting. Also buttressed by CK observation that although sobbing, there were no tears.

Constantly thinking how it's coming across. Constant lies that might not be noticed on superficial interactions.

 

[iamshadow21]

I don't have a term for it. I've seen it close up in fishing boats, places where it's necessary to spend a lot of time close up with people. There are some who lack a sense of self, everything small and large is for show. They are constantly aware of how they are coming across, basically always acting, calculating. I've seen it, I recognize it in his actions in the house with the cops when PS died, when he was arrested, and in the words of CK how inappropriatly he acted at Parker's funeral. "Look at ME". So hard to describe, someone who is empty, vacant core, who constantly is acting. Also buttressed by CK observation that although sobbing, there were no tears.

Constantly thinking how it's coming across. Constant lies that might not be noticed on superficial interactions.

A friend of mine described meeting someone at a work function, where he did fundraising for charitable organisations. He was conversing with this person and said that after a while he felt like his hair was standing on end, and that the person he was speaking with wasn't a person at all, but something pretending to be one, wearing a mask of human skin. He's convinced to this day that person was a covert sociopath. Some people can sense that feeling that something is off in someone, but not be able to tell you how or why.

MOO

 

[ErinC]

Damn. There's just no way.

Did Chris have some kind of disability? He seemed completely oblivious about... everything. There's no way he wasn't a couple of sandwiches short of a picnic... ???

I work with people with cognitive disabilities. I can tell you that, if I left a baby in a car, even the lowest-functioning client I've had would yell, pull me to the car, etc. to make me take care of the baby. I think Chris had a disorder all right- classic narcissism.

 

[mickey2942]

I work with people with cognitive disabilities. I can tell you that, if I left a baby in a car, even the lowest-functioning client I've had would yell, pull me to the car, etc. to make me take care of the baby. I think Chris had a disorder all right- classic narcissism.

I agree with this. He didn't want to deal with a toddler, so just left her in the car. Who cares about her?!

It really made me wonder about ES,

"I told you not to leave them in the car again.".

I wondered if CS did it deliberately, because he had been "told" not to leave the kids in the car. It was a childish reaction. I think he resented not having cash. And he did childish things to get his "revenge".

I am still angry he was not taken into custody the day of the plea.

 

[Gemmie]

I wondered if CS did it deliberately, because he had been "told" not to leave the kids in the car. It was a childish reaction. I think he resented not having cash. And he did childish things to get his "revenge".

While that's possible, I don't think it's why he left the child in the car IMO. It's been stated that he was playing video games and watching p o r n. To me, THAT is a his reason for not wanting a child around "bugging" him. Can't very well get your jollies with a kid running around the house. IMO, it was deliberate that he left the child in the car so he could do his "thing". JMO!

Scholtes surfed the internet for men’s clothing at Nordstrom and for pornography from 2:02 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., the investigation document says.

Dad's troublesome behavior preceded Marana girl's hot-car death, court records show

Parker Scholtes, 2, died in July after being left in a hot car for hours in the driveway of he family's Marana home.

tucson.com

 

[MsMarple]

I agree with this. He didn't want to deal with a toddler, so just left her in the car. Who cares about her?!

It really made me wonder about ES,

"I told you not to leave them in the car again.".

I wondered if CS did it deliberately, because he had been "told" not to leave the kids in the car. It was a childish reaction. I think he resented not having cash. And he did childish things to get his "revenge".

I am still angry he was not taken into custody the day of the plea.

Maybe they’re both suffering from adult onset affluenza?

 

[essareem]

While that's possible, I don't think it's why he left the child in the car IMO. It's been stated that he was playing video games and watching p o r n. To me, THAT is a his reason for not wanting a child around "bugging" him. Can't very well get your jollies with a kid running around the house. IMO, it was deliberate that he left the child in the car so he could do his "thing". JMO!

Scholtes surfed the internet for men’s clothing at Nordstrom and for pornography from 2:02 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., the investigation document says.

Dad's troublesome behavior preceded Marana girl's hot-car death, court records show

Parker Scholtes, 2, died in July after being left in a hot car for hours in the driveway of he family's Marana home.

tucson.com

Yeah, I agree, that seems to have been the case, that he had purposefully left the child in the car so he could watch pornography.

I was mainly referring to the other interactions as well, like the statement about him being basically oblivious and playing with the Nintento Switch, when it was meant for the children... which was the post I was replying to when I made that comment. Not just that, there were other things, but that was mainly what I was reacting to.

I have interacted with a lot of stupid and incompetent people over time, but I don't believe I have ever met someone as bad as this.

 

[OneLove]

I was mainly referring to the other interactions as well, like the statement about him being basically oblivious and playing with the Nintento Switch, when it was meant for the children....

I have interacted with a lot of stupid and incompetent people over time, but I don't believe I have ever met someone as bad as this.

I have reason to wonder if he tended toward anxiety and was Obsessive Compulsive Disordered in addition to Attention Deficit.

These 3 all have disregulation of the gaba/glutamate neural receptors at their core. We know that alcoholism damages the gaba receptors, leaving fewer to do the job of "calming" when appropriate.

Did he game obsessively and p@rndog when his receptors were screaming for calming but were too damaged to do their job? This leaves alcoholics jonesing for their next *fix* that will flood their gaba receptors quickly and effortlessly and thats exactly what alcohol does. Benzodiazapines like Xanax and Ativan and Valium do the very same thing with varying half lives or "periods of action".

During the "uncalm" times, it's hard to think straight, reason, or remember clearly, causing the attention deficit.

Its of no help to Parker now, but had CS been receiving serious professional help, all this might have been avoided, including the abuse of his oldest daughter. His problems were way WAY beyond ES's ineffectual whining. Denial tends to travel right along with alot of these disorders. So does shielding from view for appearances sake.

 

[mickey2942]

ES, classic codependent.

Codependency

Codependency is a dysfunctional relationship dynamic in which one person assumes the role of “the giver,” sacrificing their own needs and well-being for the sake of the other, “the taker.” The bond in question is not necessarily romantic; though the term is often used to describe couples, the...

www.psychologytoday.com

 

[stg]

The way I understood it was that when funds were needed for legal stuff, Christopher was encouraged to sell his red convertible (I don't know make or model). It sounds like he showed reluctance to sell it (not surprised), but he eventually agreed. That's when Ryan (Chris's best friend) stepped in to buy the convertible. But after he bought it, he GAVE IT BACK TO CHRIS! Even going so far as to put the title back in Chris's name! Or to leave it his name, I guess. Or maybe they did change the title to make it a legal sale, but then when he gave him the car back, I'm sure they said he even put it in Chris's name. So the guy (Ryan) essentially just gave them the money, thousands of dollars, I'm sure, but I don't know how much. All so poor Chris didn't have to give up his precious little red convertible.

I can't believe how severely he was enabled by everyone for so long.

I believe I read it was a Honda S2000, but don’t quote me on that.

 

[Gemmie]

I believe I read it was a Honda S2000, but don’t quote me on that.

I read it was an Acura:

Authorities said that Scholtes left Parker sleeping inside the family's 2023 Acura MDX that was parked in front of their home for several hours because he got "distracted" playing video games on his PlayStation and putting food away.

Dad who got 'distracted' by PlayStation while 2-year-old died in hot car admits guilt

Christopher Scholtes may spend decades in prison for leaving his 2-year-old to die in a hot car while he was inside playing video games and surfing the internet.

lawandcrime.com

 

[NicoleInVa]

I read it was an Acura:

Authorities said that Scholtes left Parker sleeping inside the family's 2023 Acura MDX that was parked in front of their home for several hours because he got "distracted" playing video games on his PlayStation and putting food away.

Dad who got 'distracted' by PlayStation while 2-year-old died in hot car admits guilt

Christopher Scholtes may spend decades in prison for leaving his 2-year-old to die in a hot car while he was inside playing video games and surfing the internet.

lawandcrime.com

The red sports car that Chris sold to his friend who then put it back in Chris’ name and garage was a Honda S2000. Car in which Parker died was the Acura MDX.

 

[Normancita]

While that's possible, I don't think it's why he left the child in the car IMO. It's been stated that he was playing video games and watching p o r n. To me, THAT is a his reason for not wanting a child around "bugging" him. Can't very well get your jollies with a kid running around the house. IMO, it was deliberate that he left the child in the car so he could do his "thing". JMO!

Scholtes surfed the internet for men’s clothing at Nordstrom and for pornography from 2:02 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., the investigation document says.

Dad's troublesome behavior preceded Marana girl's hot-car death, court records show

Parker Scholtes, 2, died in July after being left in a hot car for hours in the driveway of he family's Marana home.

tucson.com

Probably also why he wanted to shower before going to the hospital.