Anguished 911 call made by Arizona dad who 'murdered his two-year-old daughter by leaving her in car on scorching day while playing PlayStation'

The distressing 911 telephone made by an Arizona begetter accused of leaving his two-year-old girl to dice successful a basking car while he played PlayStation has been released. 

Christopher Scholtes, 37, allegedly near his daughter, Parker Scholtes, 2, in their bluish 2023 Honda Acura SUV to nap for 3 hours while he played video games. 

'My babe was successful nan car. She's not responsive. Oh, my God, oh, my God,' nan father, Christopher Scholtes, said connected nan telephone pinch nan 911 operator.

The 911 usability instructed Christopher to commencement CPR. 

'Yes, we are. We're starting CPR,' Christopher said. 'My wife's a doctor.' 

Erika was heard connected nan telephone questioning her hubby astir what happened.

'You near nan car on,' she asked successful nan signaling arsenic reported by Inside Edition. 

'It was but it turns off. I've been checking,' Christopher replied. 

During a tribunal hearing, Erika called successful to connection her support for her hubby and called nan incident 'a large mistake.' 

'This was a large correction and I deliberation that this doesn't correspond him,' Erika said. 

Text messages betwixt Scholtes and his woman aft their kid died revealed that this was not nan first clip Christopher had near their children successful a conveyance alone. 

'I told you to extremity leaving them successful nan car, really galore times person I told you? ... We've mislaid her, she was perfect,' a matter connection from Erika publication according to nan tribunal documents.

'Babe our family. How could I do this. I killed our baby, this can't beryllium real,' Scholtes replied.

Parker was recovered dormant successful nan car astatine astir 4:15pm connected July 9 extracurricular nan family location in Marana, northbound of Tucson, Arizona. The Pima County Medical Examiner said nan girl's assemblage somesthesia has reached 108.9F erstwhile first responders arrived.

Marana Police antecedently charged Scholtes pinch second-degree execution for nan July 9th death, initially ruling mode of his daughter's decease arsenic an 'accident.'

The title alleges that Scholtes' different 2 children, aged 9 and 5, stated their begetter habitually near each 3 children unattended successful nan vehicle, reports KOLD.

They claimed that he was preoccupied pinch a video crippled and putting distant nutrient erstwhile their sister was near successful nan car.

Scholtes told constabulary he near Parker successful her car spot wrong nan conveyance pinch nan motor moving and air-conditioning connected because he did not want to aftermath her up.

He claimed she was location little than an hr aft they arrived home, but CCTV footage revealed it was much than 3 hours successful nonstop sunlight, according to a criminal title obtained by DailyMail.com.

His wife Erika, a expert astatine nan infirmary wherever Parker was declared dead, arrived location astatine 4:08pm and asked wherever her girl was, past recovered her successful nan car, constabulary said.

Scholtes' 2 different children, aged 9 and five, told constabulary their begetter regularly near each 3 siblings unsocial successful nan car.

The kids told constabulary Scholtes 'got distracted by playing his crippled and putting his nutrient away', according to nan complaint.

A PlayStation and different electronics were taken distant arsenic grounds by police. 

The father-of-three told constabulary he near nan aerial conditioning successful nan Acura moving but knew it would automatically unopen disconnected aft astir 30 minutes, based connected erstwhile experience.

Scholetes told constabulary he sewage location pinch Parker astir 2.30pm, but surveillance footage from neighbors' cameras showed his car arrived astatine nan location astir 12.53pm.

The cameras besides showed Scholtes ne'er went extracurricular to cheque connected Parker until his woman arrived location and asked wherever she was, constabulary alleged.

Minutes later they recovered Parker unresponsive successful nan backmost of nan car and a 911 telephone was made astatine 4.16pm, erstwhile nan somesthesia was 109F.

Erika Scholtes, an anesthesiologist, called her daughter's decease a 'big mistake' arsenic she begged a Tuscon judge to reconsider holding her hubby until his adjacent proceeding successful August.

The judge upheld nan doctor's petition - agreeing to merchandise him until his adjacent proceeding connected Thursday truthful he could 'start nan grieving process' pinch his relatives. 

'I'm conscionable asking if you tin let him to travel location to america truthful we tin each commencement nan grieving process,' Erika said during a distant quality astatine her husband's scheduled hearing.

She explained it would beryllium 'so that he tin hide our girl pinch america this upcoming week, and [so] that we tin spell done this mediocre process together arsenic a family'.

'This was a large correction and I deliberation that it doesn't correspond him,' nan mom-of-two continued.

'I conscionable want that nan girls to spot their begetter truthful that I don't person to show them coming that they're going to strengthen different loss.'

The defense proceeded to constituent retired really Scholtes lacked a criminal history, speech from a DUI complaint from 15 years ago. He was besides charged pinch battle but nan allegation was withdrawn.

A expansive assemblage indicted nan begetter connected Thursday, August 1st, charging him pinch first-degree execution and kid abuse. 

Christopher has been released from jailhouse pending a expansive assemblage investigation.