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

  • #641
“Tropical vacation” given how Parker had died sounds like a mockery.
Agree. Would there have be a moment when he was right in the hot afternoon sun and looked for a cooler shady spot to move to? 100%
 
  • #642
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15195695/parker-scholtes-nick-father-🤬🤬🤬🤬-hot-car-deat.html

Christopher Scholtes, 37, is charged with the first-degree murder of two year-old Parker in Marana, Arizona, last July after leaving her to nap in 90F heat.

His alleged X-rated behavior was addressed at a court hearing in Tucson on Tuesday, 15 months after the little girl baked to death outside.
 
  • #643
:oops:


"The Pima County Medical Examiner said
the temperature inside the car was 108.9F (42.2 C)
when first responders arrived,
confirming she died of heat exposure.

Evidence ruled admissible at Tuesday's hearing
included texts between Scholtes and his wife Erika allegedly revealing
this was a pattern of behavior for him."
 
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  • #644
:oops:


"The Pima County Medical Examiner said
the temperature inside the car was 108.9F (42.2 C)
when first responders arrived,
confirming she died of heat exposure.

Evidence ruled admissible at Tuesday's hearing
included texts between Scholtes and his wife Erika allegedly revealing
this was a pattern of behavior for him."

Well, is anyone really surprised that this man was not only drinking but watching 🤬🤬🤬🤬? And likely regularly, while he silenced the kids by shutting them up in the car or inside a room of the house

His wife knew. She's known all along. She's a failure as a parent, too.
 
  • #645
For once I’m glad to see one of Daily Mail’s sensationalizing titles. 100% fitting here.
 
  • #646
Well, is anyone really surprised that this man was not only drinking but watching 🤬🤬🤬🤬? And likely regularly, while he silenced the kids by shutting them up in the car or inside a room of the house

His wife knew. She's known all along. She's a failure as a parent, too.

This is SO sick.
I'm lost for words.
Some people don't deserve children.

Rest in Peace Sweet Little Angel :(
 
  • #647
Typical for DM to include the spouse in the headline and photos

However, in this case, I do think it is relevant that she had knowledge of his regular practice of using the car to babysit the children and his record of speeding with the children in the car.

I honestly don't feel that she should be excluded from scrutiny. Instead of fixing the problem with her husband by having a dedicated daycare provider for them in the safety of their home, she allowed his highly dangerous behaviours to continue.

I'd think she knew very well about his day-drinking too, likely he smelled of alcohol when she got home, and there would be bottles around that weren't that well hidden.
 
  • #648
So the topic was addressed at a hearing, how/why/what was the outcome of the hearing? TIA.
 
  • #649
Evidence ruled admissible at Tuesday's hearing included texts between Scholtes and his wife Erika allegedly revealing this was a pattern of behavior for him.

As Parker was rushed to the hospital, Erika texted Scholtes saying: 'I told you to stop leaving them in the car, how many times have I told you.'
[snip]
Other texts between the couple showed Erika increasingly furious about her husband letting his drinking put the children's lives at risk.

'You haven't shown me you can stop putting the girls in danger or not treat me badly,' she wrote on March 11 last year.

'Even yesterday, you drove home drunk with two minors. You drink to excess every time. You can never have just one. I've been asking for three years to cut back and it's actually gotten worse.'

Scholtes promised to 'find relief and happiness elsewhere' but Erika countered that the last time he did that he merely replaced booze with cocaine.

'At least this one is legal, right?' he replied.

'I'm a piece of 🤬🤬🤬🤬 addict
and I need to get addicted to healthy things like running again.'

But just ten days later she raged at him for allegedly driving 138mph after drinking, with Parker in the car, calling both '🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 decisions'.

'You hate me,' he replied. 'And she was sleeping, it's fine.'
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YES! I am glad this will all be admitted and the jury will hear about all of these exchanges. It's BS IMO that this mother hasn't been charged with at the very least child neglect. She continued to leave her children in harms way as evidenced by the text exchanges.
 
  • #650
The court partially granted the State’s motion to admit evidence of past acts to establish intent, knowledge and absence of mistake. However, it excluded statements about Scholtes' alcohol consumption, citing potential prejudice.

Testimonies regarding Scholtes leaving children unattended in vehicles were deemed admissible, while testimony about his activities on a PlayStation was precluded.

 

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