Tragic Choice: Doctor’s Husband Leaves Toddler to Die in Hot Car While Immersed in Video Game on Vacation
“This incident is a stark reminder of the dangers of leaving children unattended in vehicles,” said Marana Police Department Chief of Police Jeffrey Pridgett in an official statement.
“The temperature inside a vehicle can rise rapidly, even on relatively mild days, leading to potentially fatal outcomes within minutes.”
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Image credits: Erika Scholtes
The father now faces a possible de–th sentence after refusing a plea deal last month. He has been on bail since soon after his arrest and applied to go on holiday to Maui — which the court gave the green light to.
Judge Kimberly Ortiz was the one to approve the request, according to Daily Mail, despite the “strenuous objections” from prosecutors, under the proviso that Christopher stay in contact with pretrial services while outside of Arizona.
The order added, “The defendant shall further have no unsupervised contact with children.”
But the court has approved Christopher’s request to go on vacation with his wife in Maui
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His marriage to his wife Erika Scholtes, who also happens to be a doctor, has remained intact.
In court, she has firmly remained by her husband’s side and called their daughter’s passing “a big mistake” and that it isn’t representative of who Christopher is, although text messages revealed she was clearly distraught during the incident.
Image credits: Erika Scholtes
Image credits: Erika Scholtes
“I told you to stop leaving them in the car, how many times have I told you,” Erika messaged Christopher as Parker was being rushed to the hospital.
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