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Shocking revelation in case of dad accused of gaming while he left two-year-old dying in hot car

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Published 15:58 3 Aug 2024 GMT+1

Shocking revelation in case of dad accused of gaming while he left two-year-old dying in hot car

Two-year-old Parker Scholtes died last month after being left in a hot car

Callum Jones

Callum Jones

Featured Image Credit: Instagram/Pima County Sheriff’s Department

Topics: Parenting, US News

Callum Jones
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A shocking revelation has been revealed in the case of a dad who gamed while his two-year-old was left dying in a hot car.

Last month, it was reported that two-year-old Parker Scholtes had died after being left in a hot car by Christopher Scholtes, her father.

Temperatures in the vehicle hit an incredibly high 109 degrees as Christopher left his daughter to sleep in the car after returning home from shopping in Arizona.

by the time Parker's mother, Erika Scholtes, returned home at around 4pm, the toddler was unconscious.

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Parker was rushed to hospital, but she was later pronounced dead despite the best efforts of medical staff.

Air conditioning had been on for the little girl, but the car automatically shut it off after 30 minutes.

Shocking evidence revealed last month suggested Parker had been left in the vehicle for as long as three hours, despite Scholtes initially claiming that his daughter had only been in left in the car for 30 minutes.

Erika and Christopher Scholtes pictured with Parker and their other two daughters. (Instagram)
Erika and Christopher Scholtes pictured with Parker and their other two daughters. (Instagram)

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Christopher had apparently been 'distracted by his PlayStation', which led to him forgetting that the two-year-old was in the car.

Marana Police previously charged Christopher with second-degree murder, ruling Parker's death as 'accidental'.

Erika also labelled her daughter's passing as a 'big mistake' as she appealed for her partner to be allowed to stay at home with his family ahead of a hearing.

"This was a big mistake and I think that it doesn’t represent him," Erika told a judge. "I just want the girls to see their father - that I don’t have to tell them tonight that they’re going to have to endure another loss."

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The judge upheld the mother's request, allowing the father to return home before the hearing so he could 'start the grieving process' with relatives.

During a hearing on Thursday (1 August), a grand jury upgraded Christopher's charges, subsequently charging him with first-degree murder and child abuse.

Christopher Scholtes has seen his charges upgraded. (Pima County Sheriff's Office)
Christopher Scholtes has seen his charges upgraded. (Pima County Sheriff's Office)

Christopher's two other children, aged nine and five, told police in their investigations that their father regularly left them alone in the car.

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Details within the criminal complaint show text exchanges between Erika and Christopher on the day Parker died.

"I told you to stop leaving them in the car, how many times have I told you," Erika is said in a text to her husband while Parker was on her way to the hospital, as per the Mail Online.

After Park passed away, the mother sent another text to her partner that read: "We've lost her, she was perfect."

Christopher replied: "Babe I'm sorry! How could I do this. I killed our baby, this can't be real."

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