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)

[mickey2942]

There sure seemed to be a standard for CS and a completely different standard for a lot of other people. MOO

Actually, there is absolutely no consistency. They are all over the map. I posted a link to a spreadsheet on "hot car" deaths...they keep track of this nationally.

I have noticed that women are always judged more harshly than men, for the exact same issue. And there seems be to some sort of "bias" in regards to where the vehicle was found, and circumstances. Even though, the outcome is the same, dead child.

Hot Car Deaths - Injury Facts

38 children under the age of 15 become victims of hot car deaths each year. Nearly every state has experienced at least one child hot car death.

injuryfacts.nsc.org

 

[Gators North]

Actually, there is absolutely no consistency. They are all over the map. I posted a link to a spreadsheet on "hot car" deaths...they keep track of this nationally.

I have noticed that women are always judged more harshly than men, for the exact same issue. And there seems be to some sort of "bias" in regards to where the vehicle was found, and circumstances. Even though, the outcome is the same, dead child.

Hot Car Deaths - Injury Facts

38 children under the age of 15 become victims of hot car deaths each year. Nearly every state has experienced at least one child hot car death.

injuryfacts.nsc.org

Thanks for sharing the spreadsheet.

 

[Charlot123]

Mom Went to Work at Ga. Car Dealership, Allegedly Leaving Baby to Die in Hot Car Parked Outside

Police said Nyla Simmons’ 7-month-old baby was found unresponsive in a car parked outside the Kia dealership where she worked as temperatures neared 90 degrees

people.com

This is another "hot car death". The young woman was at work, she is being held in jail without bond.

Interesting, how differently she is being treated, for the same crime.

The usual hot car deaths happen every year. About 40 hot car deaths a year in the US, the number dwindled during COVID and picked back up. Usually it is connected to parental ADHD and a break in typical routine on that day. It even has the name, “forgotten baby syndrome”.

Forgotten Baby Syndrome: What it is and How to Avoid it

While forgotten baby syndrome can occur any time of year, it is particularly deadly from April to September every year. On a warm spring or summer day, a car can heat to dangerous temperatures in as little as ten minutes.

www.carlsonattorneys.com

Child vehicular heat stroke deaths - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Parker S. case represents a difference between “fatal distraction” which is usually the case, and pervasive behavior of CS.

CS time and again chose to use the hot car as “the babysitter”, with all his kids. He would leave them in the car and switch on the conditioner. Plus, in most cases, parents transition from a car to work or a grocery store. Not from a car to the home, to check Nordstrom sales on the computer, play games and the rest of what CS’s did on that day. He made the choice to leave Parker in the car. We don’t know if he truly forgot about PS afterwards or kept her there because it was convenient for him.

 

[Charlot123]

Actually, there is absolutely no consistency. They are all over the map. I posted a link to a spreadsheet on "hot car" deaths...they keep track of this nationally.

I have noticed that women are always judged more harshly than men, for the exact same issue. And there seems be to some sort of "bias" in regards to where the vehicle was found, and circumstances. Even though, the outcome is the same, dead child.

Hot Car Deaths - Injury Facts

38 children under the age of 15 become victims of hot car deaths each year. Nearly every state has experienced at least one child hot car death.

injuryfacts.nsc.org

The numbers went up when the rules were introduced to keep the kids in the back seat. Most often, babies are truly not seen and forgotten. The new car modification includes a loud signal when the kid is not taken off the seat.

 

[steeltowngirl]

*Trigger warning*
Paywalled article, but the visible photo of Parker's fingerprints on the car window say it all.

Haunting photos show how girl, 2, fought for her life in scorching car

Parker Scholtes, 2, died of heatstroke while strapped into her car seat in the driveway of her family home in Marana, Arizona, on a 109F day last July, after her father Christopher left her there.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[amandab]

*Trigger warning*
Paywalled article, but the visible photo of Parker's fingerprints on the car window say it all.

Haunting photos show how girl, 2, fought for her life in scorching car

Parker Scholtes, 2, died of heatstroke while strapped into her car seat in the driveway of her family home in Marana, Arizona, on a 109F day last July, after her father Christopher left her there.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Not to diminish the severity of what happened, but as a grandma whose toddler granddaughters are in the car every day, my windows look very similar.

 

[NuttMegg]

Not to diminish the severity of what happened, but as a grandma whose toddler granddaughters are in the car every day, my windows look very similar.

The pdf doc from LE that we discussed for so many pages above, points out that the window by Parker was the only one in the vehicle marked with fingerprints, smears and smudges.

 

[Charlot123]

Mom Went to Work at Ga. Car Dealership, Allegedly Leaving Baby to Die in Hot Car Parked Outside

Police said Nyla Simmons’ 7-month-old baby was found unresponsive in a car parked outside the Kia dealership where she worked as temperatures neared 90 degrees

people.com

This is another "hot car death". The young woman was at work, she is being held in jail without bond.

Interesting, how differently she is being treated, for the same crime.

Most of the times, you see the same: young parents, crying. The background is also the same: parents struggling to make ends meet, and there a change in the routine on that fateful day. (A typical example: two parents, both working, two kids, mom takes one to daycare, dad takes another one to school, then each drives to work. On the fateful day, the car breaks and dad has to drop mom off at work then drive two kids to two different places then go to work. One kid is forgotten... This is typical: father likely has ADHD, and acts "automatically". It can happen to moms, too. Usually the more organized one should drive on such a day).

So I feel very sorry for this young mom. I'd support her. She was working and raising a baby. A misfortune, not a crime, IMO.

(While I wonder if CS had ADD, he constantly made the same choice. Plus, drank. Plus, chose to be "distracted" by people in the community.)

In hindsight I do feel compassion for ES. She carried, bore, raised and lost Parker. As we see now, there were too many things ES didn't know about CS. Also: some character traits inevitably develop when the person is the only one working and making decisions in the family. So i wish ES to recover, process the grief and have the strength to raise her two daughters.