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

[LadyL]

https://dcs.az.gov/sites/default/files/CF-NF-SummaryReport%20/Fatality-SummaryReport-PS_0.pdf

Has this been posted yet? It is a bit confusing to read, as Parker is listed as "male". It is interesting reading.

yeah so annoying they screwed that up

 

[MIG214222]

https://dcs.az.gov/sites/default/files/CF-NF-SummaryReport%20/Fatality-SummaryReport-PS_0.pdf

It is a bit confusing to read, as Parker is listed as "male". It is interesting reading.

Hello @mickey2942,
Thank you for posting the link!
I agree, appalling that the Fatality-SummaryReport defines Parker Scholtes as *male* & agreed - confusing, additionally - (I may be wrong here.... but) have Arizona Department of Child Safety also included information in Parker's case from: Mariah Savard, 2-year-old female - Fatality-SummaryReport-MS_2.pdf?

Ms

 

[tillytatler]

Here is my read on their relationship dynamic, which is speculation only. But I come from an "alternative culture" background and know plenty of couples like this, plus am exactly the same age.

My guess, given the boy's toy's music room, is that this guy saw himself as a musician or an artist who expected a big break earlier in life and now feels salty about it and like he would be selling out to work a day job, is resentful about full time parenting.

Given the wife's coddling and pandering, and we know they've been together 10 years, I wouldn't be surprised if she was a bit younger than him and they met "on the scene" and perhaps when he WAS in a band, perhaps he was seen as very desirable and she felt special for having been chosen. It increased her social standing at the time. Now that they're older, and she's carrying the household and their lifestyle, that's no longer the case but they are still psychologically in the same dynamic. "Lucky to be with him" etc.

I would guess his alcohol (and or substance) misuse would date back to this time too. I also would guess just from knowing guys like this (albeit none who have accidentally baked their child) that he has history of depression, probable undiagnosed ADHD, an addictive personality and possible past suicide attempts. I feel like she has got used to rubbing his back through those when she thought of him as a dramatic and beautiful artist.

I'm not particularly judging those things as I also have a history of depression, addiction and ADHD! Though for these reasons and many many others, I would never personally have kids, or be in position where I was responsible for kids.

Anyway JMO MOO etc

 

[mickey2942]

Hello @mickey2942,
Thank you for posting the link!
I agree, appalling that the Fatality-SummaryReport defines Parker Scholtes as *male* & agreed - confusing, additionally - (I may be wrong here.... but) have Arizona Department of Child Safety also included information in Parker's case from: Mariah Savard, 2-year-old female - Fatality-SummaryReport-MS_2.pdf?

Ms

Yeah. Great. Let's hope these documents are not for court. There are all kinds of problems here.

 

[Charlot123]

As far as I know, no information has been released about any drug or alcohol testing was done on CS. I don't believe it was done, likely because the officers were treating everything as a terrible accident and likely did not want to further upset the wife and children. He should have at least had a breathalyzer. It really should have been standard procedure in cases such as this to do full tox testing on him My opinion only

Make it +1. I think they should have done a breathalyzer and a 10-panel tox screen. JMO.

 

[Charlot123]

Here is my read on their relationship dynamic, which is speculation only. But I come from an "alternative culture" background and know plenty of couples like this, plus am exactly the same age.

My guess, given the boy's toy's music room, is that this guy saw himself as a musician or an artist who expected a big break earlier in life and now feels salty about it and like he would be selling out to work a day job, is resentful about full time parenting.

Given the wife's coddling and pandering, and we know they've been together 10 years, I wouldn't be surprised if she was a bit younger than him and they met "on the scene" and perhaps when he WAS in a band, perhaps he was seen as very desirable and she felt special for having been chosen. It increased her social standing at the time. Now that they're older, and she's carrying the household and their lifestyle, that's no longer the case but they are still psychologically in the same dynamic. "Lucky to be with him" etc.

I would guess his alcohol (and or substance) misuse would date back to this time too. I also would guess just from knowing guys like this (albeit none who have accidentally baked their child) that he has history of depression, probable undiagnosed ADHD, an addictive personality and possible past suicide attempts. I feel like she has got used to rubbing his back through those when she thought of him as a dramatic and beautiful artist.

I'm not particularly judging those things as I also have a history of depression, addiction and ADHD! Though for these reasons and many many others, I would never personally have kids, or be in position where I was responsible for kids.

Anyway JMO MOO etc

I would agree about possible history of polysubstance use and potentially, cross-addiction indicating “some” psychiatric issues in the accused but one can only guess. JMO there is codependency between the spouses and perhaps they feel much better during their travels. About the rest, hard to tell.

 

[MIG214222]

Yeah. Great. Let's hope these documents are not for court. There are all kinds of problems here.

Hi @mickey2942,
From Arizona Department of Child Safety website,
These:

• FatalityPreliminaryReport-PS_1.pdf
• FatalitySummaryReport-PS_0.pdf
• Statement-fatalityPS.pdf

document Parker Scholtes & CS, not the other unrelated child & unrelated alleged perpetrator; they also have Parker's gender correct in the reports.

When I read all the dept's palaver about how important their work was I had in mind to contact them & ask them to review the document we've been discussing, noting - it is also dated the same as the Summary Report I've linked in this post; however, having found these three documents - it appears they do have a correct working set, so perhaps no action required, especially as I cannot tell them the *source* of the doc with mistakes.

On that note, I'll M off....

 

[vinsrygg]

Page 3 of the second document linked says there are allegations of sexual abuse by Christopher Scholtes to his oldest daughter?? Jesus.

 

[mickey2942]

Page 3 of the second document linked says there are allegations of sexual abuse by Christopher Scholtes to his oldest daughter?? Jesus.

Parker Scholtes COD: environmental heat exposure. Good grief, her temperature at time of death was 108.9!

This is the medical examiner report. No evidence of SA. I wanted to double check if Parker's death had any other issues. Apparently not.

https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/kvoa.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/62/e62d8960-4f85-11ef-a71c-23c92afc9acc/66aab0202f852.pdf.pdf

Parker Scholtes (2021-2024) - Find a Grave...

Parker Scholtes, Tucson, AZ Community Mourns Beloved Family MemberParker Scholtes, Tucson, AZ — The community is mourning the loss of Parker Scholtes, who passed away recently. Parker was a fun-loving free spirit who looked up to her big sisters and had a deep love for animals. She was cherished...

www.findagrave.com

Such a pretty little girl, she looked a lot like her father. I wondered if she had a headstone. No information. Not sure if she was buried or cremated.

 

[vinsrygg]

I believe that his oldest daughter (from a previous relationship) is the one claiming the abuse

 

[realanastasia]

Given that there was a 7 month gap in previous allegations of abuse in 2017 and about a 10 month gap in the allegations made in 2019, I could understand how the comparatively high number of reports made in 2020 would be related to an escalation of the particular type of abuse CS was inflicting on his eldest daughter. That poor child, trapped in a home with an abusive, erratic, drunkard of a father and a stepmother who either passively allowed the abuse or actively participated in it—I hope jurors are made aware of the horror she experienced at CS’s hands (if she is willing to have that info disclosed, of course), and come to understand that Parker’s death was the sadly logical outcome of years of CS being able to abuse and neglect his children with few to any consequences.

 

[mickey2942]

Parker is a gender neutral name. Maybe CS really wanted a son, three daughters...maybe this was his last chance for a boy. I wonder if leaving her in the car was a passive aggressive reaction to his disappointment that she was not a boy. Probably treated her with complete indifference.

 

[mickey2942]

I believe that his oldest daughter (from a previous relationship) is the one claiming the abuse

I wonder if CPS never really investigated this, because of so many toxic exes have used "abuse" and "SA" in manipulation for child support, custody issues.

Not discounting this, or minimizing the information. But CS was never charged or arrested for these allegations.

 

[Angelcat13]

LE wasn’t taking Chris to meet Erika at work. What happened was she arrived home from work and asked Chris where Parker was, at which time they ran out to the car and removed Parker and called 911.

While at the house either the police or paramedics noticed a glass with a liquid in it. Hopefully the liquid was tested and hopefully Chris had a blood draw to test for alcohol but right now there doesn’t seem to be any information about either.

I sure hope everyone did their due diligence in investigating Parker’s death, it’s the least that should have been done on her behalf.

But yeah, that whole bathroom scene is bizarre. What parent even thinks about showering while their child is receiving CPR in hopes of saving her?

BBM - Agree! My oldest son suffered a respiratory arrest after a febrile seizure when he was 13 months old. It was early Easter Sunday morning and I had been up most of the night with him (teething, ear infection) and hadn’t gotten dressed in day clothes yet. He seized as I laid him across my lap to give him some Tylenol and my Dad grabbed him and started trying to resuscitate him while my sister called 911. I was a panicked 18 y/o mom & ran to throw jeans on as the police responded. My Dad & I were immediately transported to the ER in the police car with a 2nd officer taking over resuscitation efforts. It wasn’t until we were in the ER and my son was breathing on his own that I realized I had no shoes, a thin T-shirt with no bra & jeans that i wore the day before. I hadn’t yet brushed my teeth or hair and didn’t care what I looked like or what anyone thought.

But…on the flip side of this, I ended up becoming a volunteer EMT and we had a call where a little kid was hit by a car in front of my house. The kid (about 6 y/o) was awake and crying when we loaded him in the ambulance. The mom had run to the scene from her house several doors away and she asked if she could run inside to grab shoes. We let her as it was a pretty low-impact accident and the kid was stable. But she took longer than expected and came back out with shoes - and a LARGE alcoholic drink!!

So I guess you never know how someone might respond.