Dad leaves toddler to die in hot car while he plays games on Play Station

Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:It's likely the mom will also be charged.

The texts are part of the court record, you could easily find sources.

Hope you don't work in child protection, claim to be an attorney. She could have hired childcare, yet, bought a luxury SUV instead.

Here is one place she could have economized.

2023 Acura MDX
Price Range: $49,550 - $73,200


Mom is not going to be charged. She wasn’t there.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It's likely the mom will also be charged.

The texts are part of the court record, you could easily find sources.

Hope you don't work in child protection, claim to be an attorney. She could have hired childcare, yet, bought a luxury SUV instead.

Here is one place she could have economized.

2023 Acura MDX
Price Range: $49,550 - $73,200


Mom is not going to be charged. She wasn’t there.


Time will tell. She knew he had a pattern of dangerous behavior leaving young kids in the car. It was 109.

Parents have a legal duty to protect their kids from harm, especially repeated, foreseeable harm.

He is a loser gamer who they pretended was a SAHD bc unemployed, but something is off with her too.
Anonymous
Erika Scholtes is, or was, also an Assistant Professor.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:If I were that mother, I’d tell them to throw away the key and it would be a long time, if ever, that I’d be able to look at him again.


The poor kids did not have a mom like that. Instead, she went to bat for him and pleaded for his release. He pleaded not guilty. This was him deliberately leaving her, not an accident. When it is an accident, parents typically display tremendous remorse. This clown is callous.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Isn't "Babe, I'm sorry!" for things like forgetting to pick up milk or not having gotten around to mowing the lawn?




I legitimately cannot FATHOM having this conversation with my spouse over text. Something about this so emotionally empty/disconnected to me. How do you have a text convo with your spouse handling that one of them negligently killed your child?? It is so weird.


Only if you want to create records to be subpoenaed.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Tragic things can happen. Don' t be too judgmental.


I agree generally with hot car deaths, I've read the article and know it can happen to good people with changes of routine. In this case, leaving children in the car WAS the routine. He did it frequently as a result of neglect and selfishness, and the mom knew he did it. Both of them are guilty.
Anonymous
Curious how long he had been a SAHD? And what he did before that?

If you can't control a Play Station addiction, save it for after the kids are in bed or get it out of the house.
Anonymous
https://www.wthr.com/article/news/nation-world/az-man-charged-in-toddlers-hot-car-death-had-left-children-in-the-car-on-multiple-occasions/75-872f4ea7-c610-468b-a9f6-4c6235df5b7d

Scholtes told police he was aware that the vehicle would turn off automatically after 30 minutes, documents reveal.


According to the court documents, at no time between 12:53 p.m. and 4:08 p.m. is Scholtes seen on the security video going outside to the vehicle to check on the little girl.


Police talked to the Scholtes' two older children and it was discovered that he "regularly" left the children alone in the vehicle, according to the documents.

The document reveals that the children said Scholtes "got distracted by playing his game and putting food away" while their sister was in the vehicle.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Tragic things can happen. Don' t be too judgmental.


I agree generally with hot car deaths, I've read the article and know it can happen to good people with changes of routine. In this case, leaving children in the car WAS the routine. He did it frequently as a result of neglect and selfishness, and the mom knew he did it. Both of them are guilty.

+1 and he *KNEW* he left the child there. Unconscionable. And she knew he had a habit of doing this. Wow, the two of them should not have children.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Tragic things can happen. Don' t be too judgmental.


I agree generally with hot car deaths, I've read the article and know it can happen to good people with changes of routine. In this case, leaving children in the car WAS the routine. He did it frequently as a result of neglect and selfishness, and the mom knew he did it. Both of them are guilty.


He wanted to play his video game uninterrupted by a toddler. Long and short.

If this case doesn't warrant judgement, it is truly troubling.

He repeatedly lied to cops and both seem oddly more CYA than focused on the baby.

Wonder if the order language to avoid drugs and alcohol is standard in AZ or particular to him? That may be a piece of the puzzle.
Anonymous
I don’t even know that he wanted to play it uninterrupted and left her there that long purposely or if he’s just the kind of idiot who gets sucked into a game and literally didn’t realize 2 hours had gone by. Neither is justifiable but negligence can be just as deadly as malice.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Tragic things can happen. Don' t be too judgmental.


I agree generally with hot car deaths, I've read the article and know it can happen to good people with changes of routine. In this case, leaving children in the car WAS the routine. He did it frequently as a result of neglect and selfishness, and the mom knew he did it. Both of them are guilty.


Yes, this can happen to good parents who aren’t getting enough sleep and with new routines. A dad left his baby in his car at the metro and went to work. She was facing backwards in the back seat and sleep so she was quiet. He wasn’t used to dropping her at daycare and forgot. She lived. He turned around as soon as he realized, IIRC, to go get her. Police had already been called.

In this case, the dad left them all the time. What a sicko. He has cacti in front yard. Yeah, you should not leave kids in a car in the desert.




Anonymous
The mother's knowledge of the pattern of conduct matters under AZ statute

Neglect as defined in A.R.S. § 8-201 (22) means:

The inability or unwillingness of a parent, guardian or custodian of a child to provide that child with supervision, food, clothing, shelter or medical care if that inability or unwillingness causes substantial risk of harm to the child's health or welfare
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I don’t even know that he wanted to play it uninterrupted and left her there that long purposely or if he’s just the kind of idiot who gets sucked into a game and literally didn’t realize 2 hours had gone by. Neither is justifiable but negligence can be just as deadly as malice.


He obviously knew she was in there by the fact that he made it such a habit and knew it took 30 minutes for air to cut off.

I’m sure the other two kids were at some point asking about her in the four hours it took between him parking and the wife getting home/finding her.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I don’t even know that he wanted to play it uninterrupted and left her there that long purposely or if he’s just the kind of idiot who gets sucked into a game and literally didn’t realize 2 hours had gone by. Neither is justifiable but negligence can be just as deadly as malice.


It was actually 3 hours and he never checked on her once. He knew the AC would shut off from previous experiences doing this, he admitted that knowledge to police.

It is up to the adult to regulate attention and not put kids in harms way. He did this repeatedly, it wasn't an isolated incident.

He was not into being a caregiver. He reminds me of Chris Watts. Wonder who he was gaming with? The use prohibition in the release order on using suggests he may have had more than a gaming addiction.

Both parents should be charged and jailed. Had mom not known, or had this been a one off would be quite different.
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