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One of many 12 months’s most annoying tales has taken one more unsettling flip.

Again in July, Christopher Scholtes’ 2-year-old daughter died in a sizzling automobile whereas he was allegedly “distracted” by porn and video video games.

On Wednesday, Scholtes was discovered lifeless in his dwelling.

Although police haven’t launched an official reason behind loss of life, it’s extensively believed that Scholtes took his personal life.

The daddy, whose alleged negligence value his daughter her life, was permitted to stay exterior of custody till November 5.

At the moment, the court docket would decide if he would must be positioned behind bars earlier than his formal sentencing, which was scheduled for November 21.

Sgt. Brian Bower of the Phoenix Police Division tells Folks that officers found Scholtes’ physique after responding to an unspecified name shortly after 5 am this morning.

Scholtes stunned many observers final month, when he pled responsible to his daughter’s homicide simply weeks earlier than his trial was set to start.

The 38-year-old may have confronted the loss of life penalty had his case gone to trial.

Scholtes had been operating errands together with his toddler on July 9 when he went inside to play video video games.

His spouse found their daughter’s physique when she returned dwelling. She has not but spoken publicly in regards to the lack of her daughter or her husband.

It has been extensively reported that Scholtes additionally looked for pornography on his PlayStation for a number of minutes, however the decide decided that that info couldn’t be launched at trial.

In response to the felony criticism, the temperature contained in the automobile reached 109 levels.

Scholtes is survived by his spouse and their two remaining kids.

We could have additional updates on this growing story as new info turns into accessible.