Christopher Scholtes (man who left 2 year old in hot car in AZ in July 2024) found dead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand how or why the wife - an fit, attractive anesthesioligst - put up with him for so long. And I suspect she assisted in his death.

Doubt it. She has too much at stake (like her kids would become effective orphans if she went to jail). I also don't understand what she ever saw in him in the first place. He already had a daughter before they married, so she should have known that he was a terrible, terrible. She's quite pretty and successful in her career. Why was she with him, and why did she stay?

[Anonymous]

There are signs everywhere in AZ parking lots to not leave kids in cars. People will call the police on any child or pet left in a car. People know better, he knew, he just didn't care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand how or why the wife - an fit, attractive anesthesioligst - put up with him for so long. And I suspect she assisted in his death.

Doubt it. She has too much at stake (like her kids would become effective orphans if she went to jail). I also don't understand what she ever saw in him in the first place. He already had a daughter before they married, so she should have known that he was a terrible, terrible. She's quite pretty and successful in her career. Why was she with him, and why did she stay?

They seemed to have met, married, and had kids when she was relatively young. Religion probably came into play. He probably saw a huge meal ticket when he looked at her and love bombed the **** out of her when they first met before revealing his true colors as lazy and abusive. She probably also liked the idea of having a stay at home dad to help her advance her career, and maybe she thought he could work on himself for a few years and then get back into the workforce at some point later. A lot of stuff all at once, basically.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are signs everywhere in AZ parking lots to not leave kids in cars. People will call the police on any child or pet left in a car. People know better, he knew, he just didn't care.

It is illegal in Arizona to leave an animal unattended in a vehicle in situations involving extreme heat or cold, lack of ventilation, or any other conditions that may reasonably lead to suffering or death. It's considered animal cruelty.

Obviously he knew better and didn't care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand how or why the wife - an fit, attractive anesthesioligst - put up with him for so long. And I suspect she assisted in his death.

I was married to a man not quite as bad as this guy, but who did negligent things with our DD.

I put up with it for years because the alternative was for him to have 50/50 custody, and I would have zero oversight over what he did. At least with him in the same house, I could keep an eye on him. And despite the negligent things he did, according to my attorneys, it wasn’t enough to get full custody in my state (to give an example, I have a male friend whose ex wife would let their young daughter sleep in the same bed with whatever her drug addict boyfriend of the week was, and when it was brought to court the judge literally said “at least she has a bed to sleep in”).

We’ve since split now that DD is older, but I still worry constantly. Mostly I just pray that xH gets bored and decides to move and give up custody.

Not saying this is what happened here - many women stay with horrible men because they’re just afraid to be alone - but I can understand that leaving can also be out of the frying pan and into the fire.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand how or why the wife - an fit, attractive anesthesioligst - put up with him for so long. And I suspect she assisted in his death.

Doubt it. She has too much at stake (like her kids would become effective orphans if she went to jail). I also don't understand what she ever saw in him in the first place. He already had a daughter before they married, so she should have known that he was a terrible, terrible. She's quite pretty and successful in her career. Why was she with him, and why did she stay?

They seemed to have met, married, and had kids when she was relatively young. Religion probably came into play. He probably saw a huge meal ticket when he looked at her and love bombed the **** out of her when they first met before revealing his true colors as lazy and abusive. She probably also liked the idea of having a stay at home dad to help her advance her career, and maybe she thought he could work on himself for a few years and then get back into the workforce at some point later. A lot of stuff all at once, basically.

Shitty, damaged people marry other shitty, damaged people. She may be pretty and smart, but there’s something not right with her that’s invisible to the eye.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand how or why the wife - an fit, attractive anesthesioligst - put up with him for so long. And I suspect she assisted in his death.

I was married to a man not quite as bad as this guy, but who did negligent things with our DD.

I put up with it for years because the alternative was for him to have 50/50 custody, and I would have zero oversight over what he did. At least with him in the same house, I could keep an eye on him. And despite the negligent things he did, according to my attorneys, it wasn’t enough to get full custody in my state (to give an example, I have a male friend whose ex wife would let their young daughter sleep in the same bed with whatever her drug addict boyfriend of the week was, and when it was brought to court the judge literally said “at least she has a bed to sleep in”).

We’ve since split now that DD is older, but I still worry constantly. Mostly I just pray that xH gets bored and decides to move and give up custody.

Not saying this is what happened here - many women stay with horrible men because they’re just afraid to be alone - but I can understand that leaving can also be out of the frying pan and into the fire.

Fair. But did you leave your exdh to be your DD's primary caregiver when you worked? In this situation, wouldn't your DD or Schultz's kids be better off in day care than with a negligent spouse (well, obviously, yes, in the case of Schultz's kids)?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So he didn’t kill himself after killing his daughter but only when he was about to go to jail.

Correct. Apparently the plea agreement meant he would do 20-30 years, which apparently he couldn't face. But it does once more show where his priorities lay.

20-30 years seems like a crazy high sentence under a plea agreement. It was negligence for sure but ultimately an accident. A number of other parents responsible for hot car deaths were never even charged. I'm a bit perplexed by this.

Yeah it's weird. It's (unfortunately) a fairly normal thing for a lot of people to leave babies and toddlers in their car, while they sleep after coming back home. His intent was not to kill. It probably was not on his mind that it was so hot and this could have happened.

It was proven he had done it many times in the past, despite his physician wife yelling at him for it, and this time he did it to go inside and watch pornography. and he knew that his car's AC would shut off, and that was also proven that he knew that. he deserved the sentence. it was definitely up for debate if he did it purposely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are signs everywhere in AZ parking lots to not leave kids in cars. People will call the police on any child or pet left in a car. People know better, he knew, he just didn't care.

It is illegal in Arizona to leave an animal unattended in a vehicle in situations involving extreme heat or cold, lack of ventilation, or any other conditions that may reasonably lead to suffering or death. It's considered animal cruelty.

Obviously he knew better and didn't care.

We're saying the same thing. This is known to people who live in Arizona, like this dad.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I never left my kids in the car, though I have known people who left their babies in the car to finish a nap with the baby monitor on. I never , ever did this. Too many things to go wrong. Just my opinion .

One of the court documents mentioned that there was no bed for Parker in the house, that she slept with her parents. If true, I find this extremely strange and also negligent on their part to not have a bed for the child. ( found document on Reddit)

Also very bizarre situation with his first child, now age 17. The article below says this first daughter is going to petition the court for custody of the 2 other girls when she turns 18.


https://www.tmz.com/2025/11/06/arizona-dad-hot-car-death-daughter-not-surprised-suicide/

“Eisenberg tells us the teen has been in the custody of Child Protective Services ... while her two younger sisters had been living with Scholtes and his spouse. We're told the teen plans to apply for custody of them in the near future, after she turns 18 later this month.

Eisenberg says the teen feels somewhat relieved -- but admits there’s still a part of her that’s sad, given it’s her father who’s now gone.“

Do you have a link to the Reddit document? TIA.

Here you go but they seem to expire quickly— hope it still works when you get a chance to check:

https://fromsmash.com/scholteschrisincident1121

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I never left my kids in the car, though I have known people who left their babies in the car to finish a nap with the baby monitor on. I never , ever did this. Too many things to go wrong. Just my opinion .

One of the court documents mentioned that there was no bed for Parker in the house, that she slept with her parents. If true, I find this extremely strange and also negligent on their part to not have a bed for the child. ( found document on Reddit)

Also very bizarre situation with his first child, now age 17. The article below says this first daughter is going to petition the court for custody of the 2 other girls when she turns 18.


https://www.tmz.com/2025/11/06/arizona-dad-hot-car-death-daughter-not-surprised-suicide/

“Eisenberg tells us the teen has been in the custody of Child Protective Services ... while her two younger sisters had been living with Scholtes and his spouse. We're told the teen plans to apply for custody of them in the near future, after she turns 18 later this month.

Eisenberg says the teen feels somewhat relieved -- but admits there’s still a part of her that’s sad, given it’s her father who’s now gone.“

Do you have a link to the Reddit document? TIA.

Here you go but they seem to expire quickly— hope it still works when you get a chance to check:

https://fromsmash.com/scholteschrisincident1121

The account of him leaving multiple of his babies in the car turned off repeatedly over the years, and how scared they were, and how often his wife told him to stop, before this death actually occurred, is one of the saddest things I have ever read. The death was 100% foreseeable. I'm not saying she should be charged, as her living kids need her now, but wow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand how or why the wife - an fit, attractive anesthesioligst - put up with him for so long. And I suspect she assisted in his death.

I was married to a man not quite as bad as this guy, but who did negligent things with our DD.

I put up with it for years because the alternative was for him to have 50/50 custody, and I would have zero oversight over what he did. At least with him in the same house, I could keep an eye on him. And despite the negligent things he did, according to my attorneys, it wasn’t enough to get full custody in my state (to give an example, I have a male friend whose ex wife would let their young daughter sleep in the same bed with whatever her drug addict boyfriend of the week was, and when it was brought to court the judge literally said “at least she has a bed to sleep in”).

We’ve since split now that DD is older, but I still worry constantly. Mostly I just pray that xH gets bored and decides to move and give up custody.

Not saying this is what happened here - many women stay with horrible men because they’re just afraid to be alone - but I can understand that leaving can also be out of the frying pan and into the fire.

That makes sense but it doesn’t explain why she would leave the 2 year old in his custody while she worked instead of putting the child in day care or otherwise hiring someone to watch her.

[Anonymous]

She got a nanny when the court ordered it after Parker’s death, surely could have done it before.

[Anonymous]

I feel bad for all his daughters. He thought only about himself until the last minute.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand how or why the wife - an fit, attractive anesthesioligst - put up with him for so long. And I suspect she assisted in his death.

I’ll wager there were self esteem and mental health issues at play.