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

[BrownRice]

From KVOA
Parker's grandmother said;
"This memorial is not about vengeance. It is about justice, remembrance, and awareness. Parker’s life mattered. She was deeply loved, and she deserves to be remembered not just for how she died, but for the light and laughter she brought to everyone who knew her."

Is this the grandma who was at the house when he was arrested?

 

[abyquinn]

Is this the grandma who was at the house when he was arrested?

I’m not 100% sure but I don’t think so. The glimpse of the grandma during the arrest doesn’t look like this grandma (based on what I recall).

 

[abyquinn]

Grandma at the park today. Credit KVOA

 

[abyquinn]

I wonder if it was Parker's maternal grandparents or paternal grandparents?

I asked the reporter from KVOA, Chorus Nylander, he said this is her maternal grandmother who is now estranged from both parents.

 

[tlcya]

Cynthia King, Parker's maternal grandmother, holds the park's playground dear, as it was a place she shared with her granddaughter many times and shortly before her untimely death.
[snip]
"Thank you all for coming today, we are gathered here in sadness but also in deep love to remember a little girl who changed every life she touched in her short time on Earth," King said.
Vigil held to remember Marana toddler killed inside hot car one year later

 

[mickey2942]

I asked the reporter from KVOA, Chorus Nylander, he said this is her maternal grandmother who is now estranged from both parents.

That is interesting.

 

[TDoc72]

It is. I hope she can still see the grandchildren. But hopefully she realized her daughter is an enabling her husband to the detriment of her children and gave her daughter an earful.

Replying to the post above but can’t quite get the quote here. Sorry.

 

[BrownRice]

So apparently only grandma is honoring Parker. Hopefully when Chris is sent to prison she can see the other children.

 

[abyquinn]

From ticya’s link:

"For you what would justice be?" asked News 4 Tucson's Chief Investigative Reporter Chorus Nylander.

"I want him to do prison time," King said.

This must be so hard for her. What a strong grandma.

 

[Kittybunny]

I asked the reporter from KVOA, Chorus Nylander, he said this is her maternal grandmother who is now estranged from both parents.

So what’s-her-face has not only chosen her husband over her daughter that he killed, but also over her own mother?!?! (I’m drawing a blank on her name, sorry but it’s too late and she doesn’t warrant the effort it would take for me to look it up.)

He enrages me, but she’s pretty infuriating.

 

[LittleSeaTree]

Grandma at the park today. Credit KVOA

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Looks so much like Erika! The mouth

 

[mickey2942]

Every day, we get closer to the trial date in October. I am waiting for the stall, to push it out further. He already rejected the offer of murder 2, with sentence of 10-25 years. Now that he rejected that offer, that is no longer an option.

Scholtes’ trial is scheduled to begin in October. He also faces a second count, Class Two Dangerous Crime Against Children, which carries a sentence between 10 to 24 years; the presumptive sentence is 17 years.

If convicted of first-degree murder, he could spend the rest of his life in prison. The judge says both would be “flat-time” sentences, meaning Scholtes would serve these sentences, if convicted, without the possibility of parole or other forms of early release.

This story was originally published by Scripps News Tucson, an E.W. Scripps Company.

Father charged in the hot car death of his daughter rejects plea deal

A Marana father accused of leaving his two-year-old daughter in a hot car, leading to her death, has rejected a plea deal and will now face trial on a first-degree murder charge.

www.kgun9.com

 

[ChatteringBirds]

I wonder if this case will go like a few other big ones have this month and days before trial begins, a guilty or no contest plea.

 

[mickey2942]

I wonder if this case will go like a few other big ones have this month and days before trial begins, a guilty or no contest plea.

If CS is smart he will take whatever plea deal is offered. Based on what we know about his previous actions, activities that day, he does not want that stuff presented to the jury.

Especially as the Grand Jury brought a charge of murder 1 into the picture.

 

[sunspun]

Thinking about that family vacation he recently took - to HAWAII no less. I assume he wanted to fit that in before he has to go to trial in case it turns out to be his last chance ever for anything fun like that. But think about that. Just how much FUN would YOU be able to have in the situation that he's in? You should still be in mourning because you just lost your baby and it was all your own fault, and you're about to be held to account for that and facing a possible life sentence as a convicted child murderer. Not to mention the fact that you had to ask for permission from a JUDGE to even be allowed to go at all... I'd think that would put a damper on the fun, to say the least.

How could you frolic and play on your island holiday with all that hanging over your head and standing in the way of the fun? If it were me, anytime I'd start to relax or even crack a smile or allow myself to forget it all even for a moment, I would instantly feel crushed by guilt and I just wouldn't be able to enjoy it at all. But somehow I think he's not quite as bothered by it as I or most people would be. He probably feels like they had a wonderful vacation. Despite it all.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

He probably feels like they had a wonderful vacation. Despite it all.

IMO it must not have been that great for the parents, but they pretend(ed), for their other two daughters' sakes. This would and will be so confusing for them, especially if their father goes to prison.

 

[mickey2942]

Every time I get in the car, I think about children being left in the car. This case is even worse, as CS did it DELIBERATELY!!! He just got busy with playing video games. He knew Parker was in the car, in the hot sun. He didn't bother to bring her in the house. I wonder what the other children in the house said or thought. So many questions. Was this a punishment to be left in the car on purpose?

 

[Mert]

I would not be surprised if the vacation was planned by the wife. He strikes me as just go with whatever. I am not sure if she may be just trying to create memories or normalcy for the children or if she is actually one of the types who values having a man above all.
There is a lot of information that has been very hard to believe.
*My opinion.

 

[AnyNameIWish]

@Mert that sums up the entirety of the wife's approach... make pretend everything is OK, throw money at it and make things go away. Ignore the fact that CS has done this repeatedly??

I REALLLLLY worry though.... that the family privilege is going to help him once this goes to a jury. By rejecting any plea deal (and presumably hiring a high ticket attorney team), it could be framed as "Stressed Out Dad of 3 Didn't MEAN This To Happen, it was a "Tragic Accident"... (what happened to that grandma who left her grandkid in the car after she did it.... a 2nd time?.... 67yo grandma Tracey Nix in FL sentenced to 5 years.)

 

[vinsrygg]

I really don’t think so. I live in Phoenix (where they have apparently moved!), and everyone up here is furious about this case. If there is one thing Arizonans know it’s heat. He intentionally left his kids in the car repeatedly. There are multiple witnesses to this, including his own family. His own wife! He admitted to repeatedly endangering them in his own texts. Christopher Scholtes is going DOWN.