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A Marana man charged with killing his child in a hot car , was in court Thursday for the first time since murder charges against him were raised from Second Degree murder to First degree.At first Christopher Scholtes was charged with second-degree murder, a charge that is normally based on reckless behavior that leads to a death.But a Grand Jury indicted him for first-degree murder, a charge that requires premeditation and deliberate actions that kill.
According to the document, the family’s other children, aged five and nine, told police Scholtes often left all of the children in the car and on the day of the girl’s death was distracted by a video game and by putting some food away.Scholtes wife is a medical doctor. Investigators say she came home about 4pm and asked where the two year old was. The report says Scholtes searched through the house, then remembered the girl was still in the car.
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