The Arizona dad accused of leaving his 2-year-old daughter in the car while he got sidetracked playing video games is now facing a murder charge in her death. Christopher Scholtes can be heard in a newly released 911 call begging for help after his wife came home and realized Parker Scholtes was still in the car. Scholtes can be heard telling his wife the young toddler was in the car for “like a half hour,” yet investigators say it was over three hours. Law&Crime’s Sierra Gillespie breaks down the shocking 911 call and the latest developments in the case.
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Yes because it was a very bad accident my parents left me in a very hot car all the time
Playing video games and didn't once think I have a 2 year old I need to watch? Nope. He deserves jail.
“ she was only in there for 30 minutes “ smfh
I never ever left my children alone in vehicle or anywhere
He doesn’t even use the poor baby’s name. She’s in the car, she’s not breathing. What a piece of crap.
Prison. Throw away the key. No more video games.👿
Imagine the siblings knowing they could be the one that died in that car and they lost their beloved sister❤️
Home then back to playing video games. That’s what it is. Wife defending him after their baby just died because video games was more important for her husband. It did not just happen just once. He left his other kids before
I live in Tucson all my life. This is heartbreaking 💔😭 and makes me angry 😡 that this stupidity never ends when people leave a baby in a hot car.
Who leaves a two year old alone for more than 5 minutes?
He did this as vengeance to his wife for being the breadwinner
This whole incident is just very odd. The father seems to have a mental disorder and acts so inappropriately. What normal father does this?
As soon as I saw this guy, I couldn't stand him. He just gives off a very unlikeable repellant vibe. What is she doing with this jerk?
How is he not a danger to the c ommunity? When ‘he has been driving under the influence for 3 years with minors in the car’ as per his wife!
Judges need to be hold accountable for these sort of releases too.
Ive seen the video of the officers talking to him in the kitchen after he killed her. I know people act weird in shock but he wasnt that upset. Something is not right here😮
He sounds like a user. He stays home playing video games while his wife, a doctor goes to work and provides a home for them. And he can't even handle adulting enough to not kill his daughter. He needs to go to prison.
This makes me so mad.
If he done this several times I find it hard to believe it was an accident, seems like this father checked out on parenting. I don’t even leave my dog in hot weather
Dude is a POS. I used to play video games a lot, but actually stopped when my wife and I had children. There was no time for that. I did play off and on while they were younger as I taught them to play video games with Lego Star Wars and the first Halo. Now that they are 14-21, I don't play at all. They are begging me to play with them, so I probably will. But taking care of babies and toddlers is not compatible with playing games.
Damn, so my being helicopter dad is quite warranted!
Dude probably NEVER woke multiple times at night to check their child’s breathing when they were infants because he was deathly afraid of their child dying of SIDS?
Half asleep watching in the dark to see if their chest is rising and falling as they sleep between you and your partner?
Your partner notices you waking up with your head hovering above your child because you’re paranoid AF of SIDS!
That dad? Who woke multiple times a night to check? Who always has their head on a swivel when going places with their child?
Would never leave them to cook in the car.
He did rhis 59 times!!! Its crazy to think that someone was counting but still letting him take care of them, or not take care of them..
I think he should be acquitted.
The mother is at fault to she KNEW he kept doing this and she didn’t leave him ,she put her kids in danger around this so called father…
Dad deserves 1st degree. 59 times!?
This man is a sorry excuse for a father. How on earth could this woman, his wife, be so supportive of him? Makes my blood boil.
She's just as complisant leaving this weirdo to take care of the kids.
First degree murder would require intent. This is odd. Are the laws different there or is there something else going on here? Obviously on the face of it he is culpable for negligence causing death, but to go for murder atall wouldn't be typical in this kind of case, but then to bump it up to first degree would suggest that a lot was before the grand jury that we did not see, or there is something else entirely else going on. People who neglected children to death over months or directly battered them to death because of drug freak outs didnt get murder one charges.
So you want him to come home & keep enabling him & what if he does something like that again with another kid or even you as the wife ?
How does this mom stand by her mom child is beyond me?!
Unacceptable. Regardless of whether the car was running with ac or not. 30 fckn min?! I'm inclined to believe it was well over 30 min. Under what circumstance would it be ok to do such a thing
Big mistake she scares me..she sounds so non chalant..Your daughter died at the hands of your husband! And you are a doctor!!! Like wtf…😮