
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. |
Erika Scholtes is, or was, also an Assistant Professor. |
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. |
Only if you want to create records to be subpoenaed. |
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. |
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. |
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
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+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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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 |
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. |
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. |