Daughter's Death in Hot Vehicle Reveals Father's Troubled History | Christopher Scholtes Analysis

[@fuferito]

The only adult in this story is the sixteen year-old daughter willing to testify against her own father, who killed her little half-sister.

[@chanelv5373]

Excellence comment!! Bravo.

[@johnhanson1st]

Agreed!

[@etaureau]

Absolutely!

[@teijaflink2226]

I wonder how much of his neglect she must have experienced too.

[@carastone3473]

Well-said. I feel so bad for their other kids. So traumatic.

[@janegardener1662]

Drunk and playing games all afternoon while the baby died in the car? Time for a long think in a small room.

[@catcoffee7958]

And the wife still wants him around

[@ashiecloud]

So selfish and drunk he cant remember he has a daughter in the car. Incompetent Irresponsible POS

[@stephenabbott7259]

Or a long walk off a short plank.

[@LifesAPeach2Me]

@@catcoffee7958 How do you forgive that? His priority was a video game...not his child. How can the wife just act like it's an accident when she's told him repeatedly to stop doing that! It's unfathomable!

[@binaryfairy4197]

@@LifesAPeach2Me Absolutely reprehensible actions by BOTH parents! She should be charged as an accessory & have her dr.'s license revoked. She KNEW what he was doing! Dr.'s are held to a higher level of accountability! Both should be locked up!

[@Gail9202]

That happened a few blocks from me and I can tell you that a car left in the sun in the dead of summer becomes unbearable within minutes. Shame on him for being a selfish prick and shame on her for not doing better for her children

[@kanabee1]

I feel exactly the same, put up with a deadbeat looser and you're a physician? 🤷😢💔

[@Simba______]

@@kanabee1: Her manpicker was broken. She settled for less. She married down. Many women do.

[@Amanda-el9dx]

@@kanabee1Right. Erica is obviously beautiful and successful. He just seems like a bum.

[@AndsometimesYYY]

You're not lying! Within seconds of turning my ac off in my car, it starts to feel like a sauna

[@stephaniec0625]

Agreed

[@RoastFlea61]

The fact that it wasn’t the first time he left kids in a car, means it’s not an accident anymore, it’s willful negligence.

[@aramisheredia4724]

Not even like the 3rd or 10th time!!!! More than 50, thats just pure irresponsibility.

[@BarrGC]

Yes, negligence, gross negligence, but still not pre meditated murder.

[@adotintheshark4848]

according to Arizona, it's intentional murder.

[@tragicalquandary8060]

What else is it if he keeps putting them in danger knowingly and willingly ​@@BarrGC

[@BarrGC]

@@tragicalquandary8060 Willfull negligence, just like the post says

[@gobblegobble7]

How the wife defended him is beyond me. I wouldn’t forgive my wife if she did that to our dogs.

[@andreamanning3297]

I am with you completely. My husband and I both agreed that if either one of us drove drunk without children we couldn’t forgive or tolerate it, let alone leave the kids in a car repeatedly. What is wrong with this lady? She knew he was neglecting the kids and clearly has a problem with alcohol. She is intelligent so she must have realised these children were in danger.

[@studio3ten]

Exactly even a hamster. Nope. You killed a living being.

[@AmberColeman-gq1wn]

Well that’s what y’all want… unconditional love and slavery from women. Guess she carried out her wifely duties. And you just overlooked the dad being a literal killer..

[@elizabethd8147]

No charges will be brought up against hee but they absolutely should! She knee of his history of leaving them in the car, she knew he drove drunk with them and she knew he drove recklessly with them anf she allowed him to continue being their primary care giver!

[@cathleencumpton779]

I would be telling them to Take My Husband Please...!!!

[@MelH87]

It makes me mad that the judge let him out. She said “he has absolutely no criminal history.” He has a DUI and was continuing to drink and drive. He is a danger to himself and others.

[@twilightgardenspresentatio6384]

Good ol boy rule

[@brigittebeltran6701]

Most judges in AZ are extremely negligent when it comes to children! 😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@kristalefler3312]

At this point his life is on the line so he’ll probably be on his best behavior. If he isn’t a flight risk, then I can see why the judge would be OK with him being at home until sentencing. I do think it would be less traumatic for the children to have some time to adjust to the fact that daddy’s going to be going away versus him immediately being gone. Though I do think he should be required to wear an alcohol monitor, be on house arrest, and to not be alone at all with his children. I don’t think any of that should be granted because he deserves a break, but just not piling on any more additional trauma on those poor kids.

[@horsepanther]

@@kristalefler3312 He has never worried about his life before--he habitually drinks and drives, and apparently drives at insanely high speeds--and clearly he is a severe alcoholic, so there is no reason to think he would not continue to be an extremely dangerous driver.

[@kristalefler3312]

@@horsepanther but he’s not really been held accountable before. If you are continuously getting away with your behaviors, then there’s no reason to change them. Facing a long term prison sentence will definitely cause a lot of people to get their act together to save their own ass.

[@dancepuebla]

She knew he was an irresponsible drunk and left those girls with him over and over again. She is complicit, and he is a murderer.

[@Heidi_137]

Right, and it's not like she couldn't afford a nanny since she's a physician!

[@v.r.1584]

I agree she is guilty also, due to the fact that she knew of his behavior and irresponsibility and yet continued to leave him alone with the children and them on top of that she defended him! What wife could defend a man that allowed this precious innocent child to suffer and die while he was drunk playing video games like a teenager instead of a adult father! He should be in jail and not allowed out until his trial! I hope that he gets sentenced to life in prison so he can think about what he did! He won’t be drinking beer on the couch and playing video games! 😡 ,

[@momof1576]

I agree

[@orlandorobinson9369]

Wife had book sense but now common sense.

[@crashingxhearts]

Yep!!!

[@sayhello5377]

And before anyone tries to defend him with, “Even good parents get distracted!” No. Good parents don’t do this. Accidents happen, but this wasn’t an accident. This was a repeated behavior in a day and age when we know so much about it.

[@enjoystraveling]

I agree it wasn’t an accident, he chose to drink, and when I was young, if I was asleep in the car, my dad would just simply carry me in and put me in bed or on the couch.

[@franwebb7756]

Bottom line is He didn't give a damn. He should have to sit in a broiling hot car for ten minutes every day as part of his sentence. His wife was his enabler. She should be charged withholding info of child endangerment.

[@reneet5858]

@enjoystraveling That's whatcI DO NOTVGET! I Always took my children or babies in BEFORE I started unloading the car, or did anything else. They were with me the FIRST TIME I left the car to go inside. I just cannot comprehend this ongoing attitude with some of these parents. They make the effort and have a child, yet somehow they sta it " forgetting" where they are at!? I just can't wrap my head around it.

[@graemefeeney2256]

Incidents happen, not accidents.

[@laur83]

all parents are imperfect and will get distracted at times. those two things definitely do not include a repeated pattern of abusive and neglectful behaviour towards his children. such a sad story. hope his other girls will now be able to be safe from him.

[@snowps1]

This was not an accident by a normally attentive parent. This was neglect. Intentional neglect that had been going on for over a decade.

[@BLUEEYESLIKETHEOCEAN-ql8kw]

Dr Grande, your opinion is on point. He not only has endangered his daughters by leaving them in the car in hot days, he has been drinking and driving and speeding with his daughters in the car. He has been also endangered the people on the streets driving excessively fast and drunk. My questions are: The wife CLEARLY KNEW WITHOUT A DOUBT what he was doing: (1) How come a Dr (the wife) allowed her husband to take care of their daughters in such conditions and reckless irresponsible behaviors (2) How come she (the wife) is NOT ALSO charged for the crimes he did. After all, she knew and she allowed him to drive drunk, excessively fast. She is as guilty as him, or perhaps even worse than him.

[@whosaidthat9265]

I can’t fathom being so lazy and ridiculous that putting groceries away and video games become priority over my child. Him choosing to even turn the game console on before getting the baby out of the car is absolutely absurd. His wife is a clown too. That poor baby suffered so much due to her own fathers childishness 😢

[@catcoffee7958]

His wife is the type would stay with lower to say she is married

[@jhoughjr1]

My meth mom could totally do something like that. Its crazy

[@Vale0x3]

Why do so many people make comments about themselves. This video isn't about you, your life or your kids.

[@whosaidthat9265]

@Vale10952 just say you put video games in front of your responsibilities and move tf on with your clown comment. You being to daft to comprehend how humans communicate is a you problem simp. Keep it movin

[@whosaidthat9265]

@@Vale0x3 so saying I can’t fathom being as lazy as this dummy offends you and means I’m talking about myself? It’s called common sense which you evidently lack. Stay offended. Sad you think it appropriate and somehow understandable to start playing video games while your kid is in a hot car.

[@Robin-xt7yo]

If my husband did this, there's no way I would forgive him and there's no way I would defend him in the court of law. Poor little girl suffered horribly for nearly 3 hours in an oven!

[@laur83]

exactly. i understand humans are forgetful and genuine accidents do happen. but he has a history of leaving his girls in a car. not going to forgive a pattern of behaviour.

[@senpai_dolph7873]

Go to show how big of heart the mom has 😢

[@janedoh123]

Surely you know not to leave a dog in the car in hot weather FFS a child?

[@janedoh123]

@@laur83maybe he was drunk and fell asleep still no excuse

[@Arizona_lilly]

Me either I want baby daughter child son more then anything and I could never forgive him

[@javierromero6858]

Dude had a beautiful physician as a wife. Dude had ONE job, take care of beautiful daughters and not only couldn’t do it, he was criminally harmful. Dude belongs in prison.

[@missdeejay]

Wife should be held accountable, too.

[@barbara7750]

Scary that she is a physician and can ignore big warning signs about the care of her own kids. Calls into question whether she is capable of parenting even with the father locked away. I would say no, and take a good look at the medical license also. All the training in the world cannot undo poor judgement.

[@smokeythebear6689]

@@missdeejay His parents too for raising a messed up son.

[@hollyfabiani]

He may enjoy having nothing to do having all his meals prepared

[@missdeejay]

@@smokeythebear6689 though true, this dude's parents are not the legal caretakers of the children. Those who should be held legally accountable are the parents.

[@tan9515]

The text messages between him & the wife tells us all we need to know. The texts & the CCTV VIDEOS prior to the incident is going to take him down. GUILTY.

[@mostlywholenicole]

Driving around, day drunk, three kids in the car with him. After a history of child neglect and DUI. Why tf is he walking around free? Why have the surviving children not been removed from their parents negligent care? Insanity!

[@marygoff3332]

Agreed. If the mother were not a physician, the surviving kids would have been removed already.

[@0livita]

i believe the court system does this as a form of allowing the pehrpetuator to complete what they couldnt the first time. notice how nothing is “done” until someone is dead

[@brianvincent8287]

He was stealing beer. he was drunk. His daughter didn't run through his empty head for the entire time he was in the house for three hours.

[@Milkymommy09]

And played video games.

[@daynasafranek7807]

It’s amazing that he didn’t pass out for two additional hours.

[@RossLinderman]

I think he was probably drunk before he went to the grocery store. Then he started sobering up a little bit and had to go slam those beers in the convenience store bathroom. To a real alcoholic, three beers is nothing. He just needed a little something to tide him over til he got home.

[@lawrencegoldworm]

Well said.

[@maryrankin9869]

Christopher was impaired. Men do not take care of their children in the same way as woman. My opinion and I am sticking to it. Mother of four.

[@kencarpenter1363]

Not an accident, not a mistake. And his wife is an enabler, and bears at least part of the responsibility. Maybe not legally, but certainly morally.

[@smokeythebear6689]

His parents too for raising a messed up son.

[@pamelasmith6221]

I've seen that she could have some legal responsibilities and could have been charged but people didn't think she would because they need her more as a witness and the girls would lose both parents. I just don't understand how a mother could know, KNOW that the caretaker of her children while she's working is an unreliable, reckless, alcoholic man child and not be the least concerned for the children being in his care.

[@joycefronczak526]

I think legally the mother could be charged because she was fully aware of the wrong things that he was doing.

[@MissSJ4429]

@@smokeythebear6689 I don’t think that’s fair. I have a son who has issues but I think I was a good parent. It could have been anything that messed him up.

[@lesleysears9808]

Don’t blame the wife for his behavior that she had no part in. Poor wife is being punished enough already by her great loss.

[@mch2359]

This poor little girl suffered a brutal indescribable murder. Any mercy for him has left the planet.

[@alixtoscano3904]

And just like all killers from true crime stories, he will probably be released in like3-10 years.

[@Trobtwillis]

​@@alixtoscano3904 Let's hope not. The Court should be appalled that he prioritized video games over parenting.

[@Crashesdown253]

Yes. If that child was only 15 years older, it would be considered purposeful bounding and torture and murder.

[@y.peffle2802]

mosf these kind of deaths are the fathers forgetting. Fathers don't make the best stay at home parents

[@Trobtwillis]

@@y.peffle2802 Sexist much? Maybe u r right. 🤔💭 How about the Pangalangan case? So awful. The victim was a teenager, but she was disabled. Mom & Mom's Date were high on meth. Both were convicted of murder, and rightly so!

[@l.w.c.2519]

So he went to the store and shoplifted beer with his kid/s, drunk drove home with the kid/s, left the smallest one to be tortured and cooked to death inside a hot car, while he was inside being drunk playing video games. He does not deserve the title of “Dad”. When we get home, I get my 3 year old and infant out of my truck and we all go inside together because I’m an adult and we enjoy playing together as a family.

[@hopeythadopey]

This guy went to the same gym as me. Our kids played together at the daycare there. My heart breaks for Parker 😢 the staff misses her so much

[@chartroy]

His wife is deluded! Yikes

[@michelians1148]

Or in on the crime.

[@gigi9301]

Please, women. Having no husband at all is Way better than a "man" like this. RIP Parker . He's worse than the "hobosexual" men that are being described online; men who bring no value (or Worse) to the relationship . Hopefully, she will wake up and ditch him

[@cynthia6407]

And she’s a doctor. She should know better. Ridiculous that she allowed her husband’s behavior to continue putting the children’s lives at risk.

[@chartroy]

@@cynthia6407 Agreed! It’s truly unhinged. I would not want her as a doctor

[@debbieblair3329]

@@cynthia6407 and her knowing he was drinking and driving with the kids in the car and knew that he was leaving the other kids alone in the car. A disaster was waiting to happen any minute and then it happened.

[@Ann-sj4pt]

He didn’t want to wake her up as he didn’t want Parker to disturb his gaming 😩

[@kennahowe7582]

Exactly!!!

[@bettyprice7428]

You see that so many times.

[@jhoughjr1]

Kids usually watch games. Its how i baby sat my cousins, nephew and any other kid. I was raised hy video games and tv lol

[@thethbchannel3225]

Yup! This @#$% didn’t want the inconvenience and distraction of tending to a toddler and preferred his games and beer. I also think it’s highly likely he’s an unhappy husband who was playing chicken with the safety of his children to spite his wife.

[@NutsItsBerserkinTime]

Sounds more like he was an alcoholic, he stole beer that day and drank.

[@michaeldenison7339]

Drinking, speeding, habitually leaving kids in the car IN ARIZONA, lying about the facts. This was going to happen, the question was when.

[@agentbagreviews]

RIP beautiful baby Parker. She deserved better parents 😭

[@ItsKrma00]

It's obvious he does not want children. His wife needs to friggin grow up and protect the children she still has.

[@zenawarrior7442]

He had done this many times, hardly an accident. He's a lier & disgusting, mother partly to blame for letting him take them. Excellent points as always. Thanks Dr G😊💝💝

[@DaisyLee1963]

I am a nurse by profession. Child hot car deaths are particularly torturous. Children, as they die, suffer terribly. I do not want to imagine how I would feel toward my husband if he had killed one of our children by forgetting them in a hot car. The thought of it makes me physically ill.

[@snowps1]

I could understand her attitude if this really was freak accident, but he had been doing this for years and she kept telling to stop it. I cannot understand her defending him with that.

[@ev25zv]

Do you think it takes one to be a professional nurse to understand that a child inside a150+ degree car will die a horrific torturous death?

[@queenrei34]

​@@ev25zv She's not saying you have to be a nurse to understand how horrific this type of death is. But she has a uniquely horrific understanding because guess who treats and/or tries to save these children? It's one thing imagining it but it's another seeing it first hand and performing post-mortem care.

[@ev25zv]

@@queenrei34 Read her post again. She mentioned nothing about treating or trying to save their lives; in that regard, being a nurse would be relevant. Sorry, but most people can comprehend that being cooked alive is a torturous and horrific way to die.

[@queenrei34]

@@ev25zv why does her mentioning she's a nurse make you so insecure lol.

[@lornaginetteharrison7168]

The wife KNEW he did this regularly. For me, she is culpable in her daughter’s death too. If she had hired a nanny to look after her kids, and she found out that the nanny had knowingly and deliberately left her minor children locked in a car on a blisteringly hot day, I would hope that she would’ve called the police and fired them. You certainly wouldn’t keep them as your children’s primary caregiver and let them lock your kids in the car over and over again, leaving them for hours on end. Why should it be any different when it’s her husband that keeps doing this? She should’ve called the police and social services, and started divorce proceedings immediately. She may not have approved of what he kept doing, but she was fully aware of this repeated pattern of behaviour and she did nothing concrete to put a stop to it. She may not have fired the metaphorical bullet that killed her daughter, but she kept handing her husband the gun.

[@supernova11711]

Well stated!

[@Kizzalovespugs]

Absolutely 💯

[@AudretteK]

You said this perfectly

[@smokeythebear6689]

Christopher's parents bear some responsibility too. What sort of mother raises a man like that without realising there is something seriously wrong with him? He should have had psychiatric help from a very young age.

[@karinklaustermeier4009]

Perfectly said!!!!

[@SuzanneWaltimyer]

I knew where my kids were at every second when they were little. They were never out of my sight. I'm glad I parented that way. I never regret it.

Dr. Grande, YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT.

[@irenegriffin3050]

The mom KNEW that he had a history of drinking and driving and leaving the kids alone in the car??? She's disgusting and just as guilty!!

[@creolelady182]

He needs to go to prison

[@fm00092]

It’s possible the prosecutor might pursue a capital case.

[@missdeejay]

For life

[@creolelady182]

@@fm00092 since this has happened before time after time again- they can get him on premeditated murder

[@debbieblair3329]

How horrific that he has a history of leaving his children in the car dating back several years. That day he even left the victim two other times in the car.

[@victoriajohnson4420]

It is indeed horrific. However, you have to agree that it worked out okay all of those times, so it is no wonder that he thought this time would be no different.

[@Andreamom001]

Many parents in my area leave sleeping toddlers in the car. My single mom left my sister and I in the car often when we were older (like 6 years old and up).

[@debbieblair3329]

@@Andreamom001 in the heat for hours without checking on them like he did?

[@mflong100]

@@Andreamom001 it’s safe to assume you don’t live in the desert.

[@maryrankin9869]

@@victoriajohnson4420 Just because you can does not mean you should.

[@Jeanninecomeau]

I'm in Vegas. It is unbearable heat. I can't imagine not getting everyone into air conditioning as soon as possible, even drunk.

[@j.h.6081]

As a mom, stories like this hit in a painful way. I live in AZ and just heard about another case where a baby sitter forgot a baby in a car and the mom returned home from work to see police in her driveway. Why would a woman who went to medical school and became a doctor choose to be with a man who chooses to play video games all the time? Sad all around.

[@No._1_Karen]

It’s truly unbelievable, and yet it does happen. I worked construction for three years, doing electrical work, in between finishing my bachelor’s and starting my master’s. It was one of the best learning and skill-building experiences of my entire life. During the big Covid shutdown, my boss and I were put on a big job at an $800,000 home to remodel their basement by installing a full bar with pendant lights, game room recessed ceiling lighting, living room lighting, hot tub wiring, etc. The basement had a couple bedrooms, three bathrooms, a giant pool table, and sliding glass doors that opened up to a big, fancy covered backyard patio with a fire pit, beautiful landscaping, etc. probably 5,000 sq ft home. It was obvious the mom, who had just given birth, was the bread winner, as she was the head of the sales department at Fischer Homes, and the fat lazy slob man-child she was living with/married to driving a brand new $60,000 pickup truck was some type of financial parasite who gave me the absolute creeps. He seemed like a lazy, cheesy, self-centered, abusive, fucktard, just like the guy in this story. When me and my boss were sitting in our work truck one day eating our lunch, the mom and her man-child husband gathered up their children outside at the garage door and put them in the stroller to go for a walk through the neighborhood, and while the overweight, knock-kneed, sloth of a man-child stood in the driveway waiting on the mom to gather up all the supplies (water bottles, diaper wipes, keys, diaper bag, etc.) I watched him hock a giant spit ball onto the little baby pine trees of their front landscaping, and my blood absolutely boiled. I hated him, and wondered why she was so blind to what a piece of garbage he clearly was. The guy in this story reminds me of him.

[@Thenewboidahlia]

Guilty, guilty, guilty! It’s not even a question to me

[@vardang.3532]

The wife is a physician and a mandated reporter. She is obligated to report child abuse. She should loose her license. She is complicit in the murder of her child and should be indicted.

[@reneehouser2925]

I AGREE 💯 ABSOLUTELY

[@Heidi_137]

She should have hired a nanny knowing her hubby is useless and selfish!

[@reneehouser2925]

@@Heidi_137 yeah, but she's the type of female that knew her hubby would have banged the nanny and she also believed he should at least be able to keep the kids alive, that's about all she cared- her man was more important, #1 in her life above and before her babies. She was DETATCHED, entitled & more concerned about her reputation in the suburbs... She didn't give a 💩. She knew he drove drunk at 138mph with the kids in the car!!! A mandated reporter! She wasn't about to bring a nanny into the house to witness the spouse abuse and alcoholic behavior. Erica should be in prison, too!

[@kimmypayne2559]

Lose

[@JMelissaMc]

She is an Anesthesiologist.

[@yogalayne]

As a person dealing with alcoholism, I would say that it's a defining role in this case. People hide drinking and make excuses when drinking has consequences.

[@janedoh123]

@@janegardener1662 someone said that can’t believe she’s forgiven him but I don’t know in America do you think she said that? In order to stop Child Services getting involved and then the long run she knows he’s going and because if she knows he’s an alcoholic and she’s left those children his care then she is as liable? Are they in a cult religion?

[@rhiannon7163]

She is negligent for leaving her precious baby with a alcoholic then! Being drunk does not lesson any crime!

[@emmagatewood3898]

Shades of Sara Boone😕

[@judithgannon5642]

He had the set up alcoholics want. He didn't go to a job, stayed home and drank. Didn't pay bills. Had an enabler for a wife.. ..who paid for everything, and made excuses for him.

[@Cristinact]

My dad quit drinking in 1984 (he died eight years ago at age 78). He didn't drink ever again, it's possible. All the best in this painful process.

[@pinksugar8344]

🔥 I've lived in Tucson, AZ most of my life (40+ years) and I still CAN'T get used to the desert summer temp's around 112-115 degrees... Now Imagine a parked vehicle in the sun can reach 150 degrees!!🔥 This is so heartbreaking and could've been preventable 💔🙏

[@joe-nf7cf]

I have never known anyone who lived in a place like that, so may I ask, does this damage your cars? Does it fry the interior?

[@millijames]

Surely that poor baby was shouting for help before being overcome by the heat. That’s awful, she’s only 4 months younger than my daughter and I constantly know where she is, there’s no way I could forget where I left her - that’s your job as the parent of a child!

[@rosemcginnis914]

She is a doctor with high IQ and she could not see all the red flags with this guy? Also doctors in her profession are highly compensated up to $1M a year, she could afford to hire full time nannies to take care of the children. I see mother’s complete denial of reality to be a major issue here as well. The teenage daughter from the first marriage has more common sense than this doctor.

[@bhat_ysrael]

If she was a physician earning close to $1 million per year, she wouldn't be home around 4 and they wouldn't be living in that small house. She most likely has a lot of school loan debt and didn't want to be a single mother with 3 kids, so she tolerated this drunk loser's a$$.

[@jthomas4361]

9:30 she addresses these red flags to him but fails to leave. Her intuition was trying to warn her

[@1Gr8Editrix]

Wife sounded a little ditsy herself

[@catcoffee7958]

Some woman worship men ,,anything to keep a man

[@Truecrimeandwinecouple]

Having been in relationships with man children before, you don’t always realize when you’re in the situation. But I did not have kids with man children.

[@Anonymous-fh5sg]

I live in AZ. Even with the car running and moving it is still hard to cool off cars here. He should serve life in prison.

[@Lisargarza]

Ditto here in Texas. What a scumbag.

[@kerrye3901]

I live in Tucson… agreed.

[@soneyJ]

I live in Florida & was just thinking how much hotter it must be in Arizona. That poor baby

[@livingonhighvibe]

You can co tongue having your trees and rain - I'm happy in the desert. Not missing the trees or the "water".

[@mflong100]

@@susanroutt6690we have trees in Arizona. It’s a lush desert. That’s a new neighborhood that hasn’t been landscaped.

[@HappyCat3096]

Given that the wife is a physician I am surprised she didn't realize that alcoholics don't get better when you ask them to do better. Guy needed to be in a treatment program. And given that he kept endangering the kids he should not have been taking care of the kids unsupervised.

[@catcoffee7958]

She didn't care about the kids ,,she wants her man to stay with her

[@hayorge27]

Physicians ALWAYS get a slap on the wrist when the rest of us would get prison time

[@miola2083]

I don't understand why she didn't divorce him. I guess this is her wake up call.

[@jordtheeimpaler]

Most ppl who work in medical r ADDICTS. Functioning addicts, treating the public.

[@Blue-kz3vf]

Based on her actions, She doesn’t care about the children. All she cares about is the man. Typical 304. A college degree could’t change her ways. Poor child.

[@nuthinbutluv4u142]

I recently ran into a market for 10-15 mins in June in Phoenix and my car thermostat said 127 inside the car when I returned. TEN MINUTES !

[@marygoff3332]

Kids who suffer this type of death, my god it's just the worst thing imaginable. 😢

[@kyladio93]

Imagine the panic and how scared that little girl would have felt as she was left in there for all that time, the little sounds she would have made wondering where her daddy is and why she's being left to suffer? It breaks my heart! 💔

[@KayosHybrid]

Grown men killing children by pure negligence is terrifying

[@y6cd3sdzHs1g]

we have a society where ADHD is an adaptive trait-seems surprising this sort of doesn't happen more often (or maybe it does and aren't getting publicized)

[@icturner23]

The same with grown women.

[@coweatsman]

Or women.

[@cactusitude]

Very frightening and sad. Negligent fathers are dangerous

[@andreaf5765]

@@cactusitudeso are mothers!

[@Auntee-Sara]

I hope Child Services keeps an eye on Erica, the mother, since she has known for Years that he was endangering their children yet, other than a light parental scolding at him, she did nothing available to stop him.

[@michaelbroderick3822]

His addiction to alcohol should not be an excuse. This is a prime example of how addiction harms everyone. And how NO ONE is immune. The wife is a doctor and yet she is the classic enabler. She continues to call it an accident when it is his behavior that is the problem. He was not held accountable for his behaviors in the past and that is why his daughter is dead. While I feel empathy for his family, including his wife, with her medical degree, she is still blind to his many addictions. I hope others learn from this horrible tragedy. Addiction kills. Abusers continue to abuse. People must be held accountable for their actions.

[@wallhagens2001]

Agreed. My mother is as responsible for my abuse as my father is. She knew about it and accepted it.

[@sarah2.017]

Someone on Reddit said they knew the wife when she was in college and med school, and she was totally attracted to losers, and man-babies in particular.

[@ArteneMaria-s1l]

I recently read in Aristotle's ethics that people who are drunk when committing an immoral act should be considered as having double not guilt, since the effects of alcohol are known to everybody. Why don't we think like this today?

[@michaelbroderick3822]

@@ArteneMaria-s1l Because choosing to drink in this day and age is considered a choice. Especially when the individual knows that their drinking has caused them to do things that caused harm to themselves or others before. Science has come a long way since Aristotle, we know more about how alcohol affects the human body, and we know far more about addiction. He blatantly stole alcohol to cover up his drinking. That was a choice. He also had been told numerous times about his drinking problem. Addicts may be in denial at times, but never 100% of the time. There is always a choice, and he had many chances prior,. Addiction is a chronic, progressive, fatal disease if not treated. He refused to do treatment. Hence the choice.

[@sheilajackson5601]

The police even had to tell him that he forgot & left the ( house ) dogs outside. Shoplifting & driving 138 drunk is a danger to society.

[@joyandersen5053]

Children & Pets go in the house before anything else. In any season. Poor baby girl. ❤ Always love your analysis’s Dr.

[@sheilajackson5601]

The police had to tell him to bring the dogs back inside. He forgot them. Were house pets. GEZZ!

[@stephj3331]

I don't know what's worse, a judge who thinks an alcoholic driving around with children in a car and innocent people all around him is not a danger to society and should be released on bail, or a doctor that is so negligent with her own children. I hope she takes decent care of her patients..

[@alexanderorr2528]

I mean from a judicial standpoint it makes sense, the bail is meant to prevent rapists, murders, domestic abusers etc. from further hurting their victims or new ones. It’s why sometimes an abused wife that kills her husband is given bail until trial because she’s not a threat to anyone now that the husband is dead.

[@LifesAPeach2Me]

Both are equally bad! The guilt I'd feel if I even did this to my dog would be so overwhelming I don't think I'd ever recover...with my child, I can't begin to fathom. And he did this repeatedly! It's NOT forgivable.

[@BellaLeoLicorice]

@@alexanderorr2528 But there were still 2 kids in that house...

[@evil1by1]

Male misbehavior isn't female responsibility. He did what he did while she was putting a roof over their head. None of yall would be saying this if he was the hard working husband and she the irresponsible wine mom. Plus it wouldn't matter if she did leave, he'd get joint or even primary custody since he's the primary caregiver and he'd be right back at it with no wife to nag him and no incentive to change

[@stephj3331]

@@evil1by1 his wife knew what was going on. Maybe she's not responsible for her husband, but she is for her kids. She could've won in court with his misbehavior. She had text to prove that he had been leaving kids alone. Now he has an incentive to change… Prison..

[@AngelaRPierce]

Three hours is a long time to not be interrupted by a child. When a few minutes have passed, a normal person would notice that it's too quiet.

[@xspidersxsnakes2928]

I yell are you Ok like every 4 minutes

[@GigiRulesTheRoost]

His wife knew he was dangerous but did nothing about it. This is all so astounding it is hard to believe. There is something real off about her. Are those children still with her? good grief what a tragedy

[@Roxy-Mara]

The mother not only stayed with him even though she knew he was regularly endangering their children, but now that he managed to kill one of them she still wants him to come home with them to grief?! What in the world

[@lauracarter1618]

i don't think she should go to jail, but the mom has some responsibility here; she KNEW this man regularly endangered her children, and she did nothing to stop it.

[@jeanbastien9424]

And she’s a mandated reporter as a doctor. She’s trained to report child abuse and neglect, but chose not to protect her own kids.

[@StephASMR]

It says a lot that his eldest daughter intends to testify against him.

[@cindydavisnowell6502]

Let's pray she stays safe and he has no physical contact with her. That Judge did say he is not to be left alone with any children pending trial.

[@brigittebeltran6701]

I live nearby. Anyone who lives in Southern Arizona knows they can NEVER even leave a DOG in a car in this summer heat. This man has many disturbing issues. He is an unfit parent. 😢 Once again, Dr. Grande NAILS IT!!! 🎉 My heart aches for the children.

[@chanelv5373]

I live in Phoenix and you are 100% correct!

[@CaliCarolyn]

He’s unfit to care for anything but himself.😢😢😢. Put this man in prison where he belongs before he causes more harm. Rest in peace beautiful Parker.

[@Robin-xt7yo]

The suffering the little girl experienced 😪 😢.

[@mirianakovachevic748]

It happened to me. My father left me in a car ( I was 3,5 years old ) while he went to wait for his salary at the bank. At first car was parked in a shadow but the shadow moved and I was in a vehicle under direct sun in horrible Balkan's summer temperature for hours. My dad thought I can open the window myself and I knew how to do it but I didn't. Somehow I survived.

[@joanbaczek2575]

He thought driving 100mph was safe for his daughter because she’s asleep?

[@bluedistortions]

130

[@chatty_cathie6391]

Years ago, read an article about a couple leaving their infant daughter in a car seat on the roof of the car. After pulling over for some reason, the pulled back onto the Long Island Expressway with their infant daughter on the roof. Witnesses pulled over and found the baby on the side of the road still in its car seat with only minor scratches. Some people shouldn't be parents. Christopher a real piece of work and in my opinion, guilty of 1rst degree murder and child abuse. That being said, mommy dearest is no prize. She at a minimum should be charged with child endangerment. Her texts make clear that she was well aware of the danger he poised to her children, yet did not intervene on her children's behalf.

[@wallhagens2001]

I agree. My mother allowed abuse from my father and doesn't see how she's complicit by not intervening.

[@Londie9173]

😮😮😮I can not believe the story u just told about leaving the baby on top of the roof just unbelievable!! OMG poor baby

[@JanetClemmons]

I remember in my early 20s, friends of mine who had already started families asked when I was going to have kids. I would joke and say I'm not responsible enough, yet I would probably leave a baby in a car seat on top of the car and drive off. Then I heard about that incident where it actually happened. I stopped making that joke. I was shocked that actually happened.

[@CaliCarolyn]

@@Londie9173 I remember that case well. It was all over the news.

[@TheSaltySunflower]

I can't wrap my mind around people that leave places without their children in the car. I was constantly checking on mine in the rearview mirror or turning around any chance I got. I was probably obsessive about it, but I can't imagine just driving and never looking back or not thinking about my kids in the car. That's absolutely wild to me.

[@creolelady182]

and after all of that irresponsible behavior that wife still takes up for him

[@ppoppoiop6375]

Right. At a certain point, she's an accomplice to all his abuse.

[@Aaron-kj8dv]

Yeah, why would she expect him to change? His negligent behavior hasn't had any sort of consequences up to that point

[@lisamac8503]

She does not want to admit that she was part of the problem This is her way of not being responsible for the death of her child

[@creolelady182]

@@lisamac8503 agreed

[@kobasteelfudgepacker]

Why was she even with him to begin with? He seemed like a complete loser. Then he goes onto to kill their child, and she still supports him. What the fuck is wrong with her? I saw the messages that were released after their child died that she sent to him and you'd swear he had forgot valentine's day or something. Two of them are nuts.

[@debbieblair3329]

Shame on her for knowing he had a history of drinking and driving with the kids in the car, and leaving them in the car unattended.

[@MDWD]

She did know

[@emilyfernando1025]

I hope CPS is taking a close look at her.

[@catcoffee7958]

She will do anything to stay married ,,she is s pick me

[@Pen.nail.timate]

I think that’s the worst part. She did that and then got in front of the judge and begged for him to be released. Ugh.

[@faythknowmore]

@debbieblair3329: It's really cold of you to say she should be ashamed. It's interesting to me that is your only comment, about the shame of the mother. To me, she seems like one of the victims here. Do you have any commentary on how he should feel about his actions😢.

[@marymcquaid7291]

The wife shared the guilt. She left their children in his care despite knowing that he had a long history of leaving them unattended in a vehicle.

[@KittyeMills-Scott]

The unfit Dad should get life w/o parole.The Wife should loose her license to practice &do jailtime as well.Both should loose custody of children, permanently.Totally agree with your analysis.💯

[@elceenomoun8115]

Heat aside, you don't leavea child unattended! Poor little Parker, & the other daughters left to process this tragedy.

[@AdverbsAndNouns]

Exactly.. anything can happen 😢 I don't get people these days

[@Tanya_MC]

Considering this woman's judgement there is no way I would want her treating myself or anyone for anything. She needs to be charged considering she knew and continued to let it happen.

[@melusinab3082]

She's an anaesthesiologist. She literally has patients' lives in her hands during surgery. I would refuse to have her present now that it's public knowledge that she has horrible judgement and her child has died needlessly because she was in deep denial and extremely co-dependent.

[@marilynmcmahon5932]

Absolutely neglectful.

[@bookingbar-barney]

He’s a straight up addict gone too long without being held accountable. No one in his life showing him enough tough love for him to maybeeeee eventually wake tf up. Not necessarily blaming the others around him, but I believe they hold some kind of responsibility.

[@Darla466]

Spot on analysis!

[@everydaywithsandra]

The wife is just as bad she knew he was not someone that should be alone with the children so sad

[@mamacito1795]

I've defended the wife a lot from the "just as bad" comments because ultimately, he killed his child through absolute brazen negligence but the extra messages Dr grande shared have made me reconsider. I still say he's the absolute worse but I can't believe she was aware for years about his behaviour. The day I knew my husband was driving drunk at top speeds with my kid in the car would be the last day that man ever saw his children without court ordained supervision. She had a good job, she couldve left or hired someone who wasn't reckless to care for her kids. Why leave them with a dangerous drunk?

[@sarah2.017]

And she's had 3 kids with him even though she knew he wasn't taking care of the one he had from a prior relationship.

[@sarah2.017]

@@mamacito1795 I wonder if the kids weren't in day care because this couple has burned so many bridges, nobody else will watch them.

[@mamacito1795]

@@sarah2.017 I think its clear his wife knew he had significant addiction issues. And maybe with too much contact with schools or day care someone would've noticed. That couldve meant the kids going into care system and affect her career. Probably too risky

[@Snakesnarl]

I don’t leave my dog in the car in Ohio, let alone ARIZONA

[@supernova11711]

I live in Saskatchewan Canada and would never dream of leaving my dog in the car in the summer! Honestly, I wouldn’t do it even in mild weather though. He’s really cute. Someone might steal him lol

[@RockClimber3721]

I don't even bring my dog with me when I go to pick up lunch when it's hot out. Poor little child suffered for a long time.

[@jacquelineglitter4328]

I don't even let my cat outside very long in the summer and he goes into the shade.

[@sunbeagle9769]

Never trust an addict.

[@thors1fan140]

If one truly in one’s heart regrets one’s actions, one would welcome the punishment, not argue it or fight it. Accountability, and less excuses, it’s what we all need. Thank you for your hard work, Dr.G!

[@mercy3236]

I saw the moment when the police arrived at the house after the 911 call,and when the mother found out about the girl's death,and I had never seen such a frivolous and calm reaction from a mother in such a terrible situation…They’re both equally irresponsible and bad...how is it possible that she trusted her daughters with a man with that history of irresponsibility, and she knowing that it wasn't the first time he had done it…both of them are guilty….

[@sunnygirl9691]

He needs to stay in prison for life and this wife also should face punishment!

[@Snakesnarl]

I agree. He should have been in prison a long time ago. Driving 138 mph while drunk with kids in the car?!?

[@lisas8244]

And SHE still allowed him to "take care of" her daughters.

[@bonnie7684]

Erica should also be arrested. She knew he was an irresponsible drunk and left him in charge of the children.

[@CaliKatJupiter]

I agree with your analyst. This story is incredibly sad. Poor baby didn't stand a chance.

[@mindyourbizok]

Since the wife knew that Christopher was irresponsible, she shall also be charged with her daughter's death.

[@michelleclarke8500]

I can’t believe the wife actually requested for him to be home to “grieve” for the baby he killed. She knew FOR A FACT he has a habit of leaving children in the car I don’t understand why she still trusted him with her children if she even care for her children or her husband comes first in her priorities

[@itchysheets1222]

I swear this guy and his wife look exactly like a couple I encountered a few years ago at ye olde chipotle….there was a dog desperately trying to press open the back windows of a mini van that were unlocked, to gasp for air, but the second he let off the window it would close back. Like those raggedy vent windows. It was in the mid 80’s temperature-wise and direct sunlight. I tried to open the doors but those were locked. Animal control was not answering their phone. So I bolt into the chipotle and asked employees to help me find the owner (discretely) and they just looked at me like I was the idiot. So I turned around to the whole dining area and said “WHO DOES THAT VAN WITH GEORGIA PLATES BELONG TO?” And some douchbag with his family mumbled “uh I guess me?” and I walked over and I said “you need to go get your dog out of that hot car immediately, he is in distress, his tongue is swelling and foamy” this “man” rolled his eyes at me and said he had just sat down to eat. I turned to walk away and I said “well you better bring a broom with you for the glass” and he followed me out and said “I’m calling the police!” And I said “don’t worry hoss, they’re already on their way to investigate the animal cruelty.” 🤔🤔🤔 never seen someone fix their attitude so fast. Like he literally thought he had every right to sit down inside and leave his dog to die. For his kids to get back in the car and see their dog dead. Where do these guys get the flippin GALL to be so selfish.

[@jeaniekeebler3156]

The world needs more people like you. 💙

[@northernlights6459]

@@jeaniekeebler3156👏👏👏

[@Cyberdyneskynet]

A car can get well over 110 degrees in 10 minutes with the windows 🪟 cracked down. A veterinarian had tested this and his video is on KZbin for anyone to see

[@itchysheets1222]

@@Cyberdyneskynet yes! It’s so cruel. It’s hard to think about what they go thru

[@kmhintz17]

OMG!!!!! You had the guts to call him out. What a selfish, brain dead idiot!!!

[@robertgiles9124]

The wife is also TO BLAME; she let that druken fool gamble with the child's life.

[@sean3280]

Dr. Todd’s analysis here is top shelf. Exactly right. He shredded this man (who was clearly a self-centered narcissist) in the most calm and clinical way. Subscribed.

[@Andiev12325]

Good analysis! Such a tragic outcome. My heart breaks for Parker. She deserved so much better ❤

[@1960leeann]

I agree. Guilty of first degree murder. He was so immature. She shouldn’t have allowed him to be alone with their children.

[@HappyCat3096]

Not immaturity. Addiction, in this case, to alcohol. Addicts don't think.

[@LumiEvie]

It's the lazy father's fault not the mother's. He gets all the blame.

[@Ann-sj4pt]

@@HappyCat3096not all addicts are this bad.

[@ronald3836]

@@LumiEvie I agree he gets all the blame, but with his wife being fully aware of his habit of leaving the children in the car, one does wonder why she let did not take preventative action. At the beginning of the video I assumed this was just an extremely unfortunate event that could happen to anyone on a very very bad day, but with this guy the death of a child was just a thing waiting to happen.

[@ingenfestbrems]

And she’s a doctor, wouldn’t want to have her as my or children’s doctor..

[@whatsnext9977]

Mother knew he was endangering the children, but still left them in his care, she should be charged with failure to protect or something.

[@nicoleck9288]

I’ve lived in AZ my entire life. People here know that this is so unsafe. That’s the hottest time of day… That baby suffered. Those deaths are slow. He’s an alcoholic who put himself first. Why this mother let him watch her kids is beyond me. So unbelievably heartbreaking.

[@BrianKim-ih4qh]

arizona sucks

[@marigarcia7079]

No one leaves their child in the car, and how can the mother of that child defend him!!!

[@carolbohm9654]

I hadnt heard about the stop at the store and drinking beer and stealing it!!

[@marlaroberts2087]

What a jerk! Playing Russian roulette with his children! It would have been much better to lose her husband than her precious children 😢

[@QueenOfTheNorth65]

I am FAR from perfect, and have 4 children (all grown now) but I will never, EVER understand leaving children in a car, either on purpose or accidentally. When my children were small until they were school aged, if they weren’t with me, I felt as though I was missing a limb. It was just instinct to make sure they were accounted for and safe. And the fact that this was a pattern of behavior with this father makes this even more infuriating. I would NOT be as forgetting as this wife.

[@EricK-tb2dn]

I have several small dogs I take better care of than this guy did with his children. 😢

[@MK-yk5hn]

​@@EricK-tb2dnmost people wouldn't leave their WALLET in their car unattended 😭

[@jodyglover7429]

I'm a father to a beautiful baby girl and I love her more than anything. I just don't see any excuse for allowing a baby to die such a horrible, painful death. I just couldn't imagine being responsible for such a thing. I would certainly seek to bring my own life to an end before I would ever allow anything bad for to happen to her.

[@SmilingBeaver-ou7nc]

​@@EricK-tb2dnmy friends said I was overprotective with my Daughter, and I would say thank you I take that as a compliment. Our children our a gift from God and should be treated as such. Have a wonderful day✌️

[@AxelordSMIJES]

As someone who greatly dislikes children, even I can say that the difference between you and this guy is that you actually genuinely care for your children and put their needs and wellbeing above your own. He clearly did not feel that way about his own children. I don't understand why some people even bother having kids. I can't stand small children and would never want to give up the freedom I would have to in order to be a father. Maybe that's an unpopular opinion, I don't really care. But I will NEVER have kids precisely due to the reasons I listed above.

[@enjoystraveling]

I don’t see why they released him even temporary to go back to the family when he has a history of driving with alcohol in the system, and leaving children alone in the car !! he’s a danger

[@hidden-r2s]

the judge seems to know nothing wtf

[@juliezona6782]

Your delivery is short, to the point and unemotional. Well done. Thank you.

[@KeniLeeBurgess]

There is no excuse for leaving a child in a car. It is neglect. Over 50 times?

[@housecreeper]

He's not a good dad if playing video games was his distraction from saving his daughter from a completely preventable death sentence.

[@horsepanther]

He has been an absolutely terrible dad over a period of YEARS. It's sickening that the wife did nothing to protect her children; it was obvious to any fool that he was going to end up killing at least one of them.

[@dubaiedge]

​@@horsepantherwhich brings to mind the Q whether they had insurance on the kid. Dark.

[@ev25zv]

@@dubaiedge Lol, no.

[@jacquelineglitter4328]

Sounds like a man child to me who didn't want to grow up.

[@3112isabel]

This is NUTS! Poor little girl. Why did he leave one little girl in the car but brought the two other girls in. The whole thing is so disturbing. He knew his car would turn off. EVEN IF HE DIDNT KNOW, she could have had been kidnapped or gotten hurt or had to go potty and couldn’t get out of her car seat….anything could have happened! What a horrible dad. I am glad the 16 year old is going to testify. I can’t believe the mother is defending him!!!

[@StrawberryFieldsNIR]

It seems that they arrived home separately, although not fully clear. The mother is deep in grief (and denial), give her a break. She will hopefully change her mind by the trial.

[@nirb8590]

He wanted to play video games undisturbed by the little one, so he decided to leave her in the car sleeping. He eventually forgot about leaving her in the car until the mother got home and asked for her. Horrific.

[@maxspears6030]

Poor little baby. I wasn’t going to touch this story. But I trust you Dr. Grande. 💔🙏🏽💔

[@Jairogliphx]

This was probably the most crisp audio I’ve heard Ina while. Not a long time but if you did any minor adjustments or kinks it definitely showed !!! ❤

[@KelleyTheAdvocate]

Hiii Dr. Grande! I’m so glad you covered this case. My thoughts exactly. The first thing that came to my mind was, how he could be that busy on video games to forget his child in the car? That’s someone that doesn’t have a care in the world about others and his surroundings. I couldn’t believe the judge released him because he is a danger. This was preventable.