Doctor’s Husband Charged in Toddler’s Death Spotted Vacationing in Hawaii Amid Looming Death Sentence—What’s Behind His Shocking Comeback?

He allegedly knew the car would shut off after 30 minutes, and his older daughters claimed he often left them all alone in the car.

On the day Parker died, Scholtes’ daughters told police he got distracted by video games and putting away food, according to the criminal complaint.

CCTV footage showed Scholtes never checked on Parker until his wife Erika came home around 4:08 p.m. and asked where she was.

Erika found Parker in the car, performed CPR, and rode with her to the hospital where she worked.

During the emergency, Erika texted Scholtes blaming him for leaving the kids in the car again, later telling him: “We’ve lost her, she was perfect.”