Shocking police body cam footage has captured the heart-wrenching moment first responders frantically tried to save a two-year-old girl left in a scorching hot car by her father for three hours.
Christopher Scholtes, an Arizona dad, can be seen holding his head in anguish and crying out to cops before he drops to his knees in video footage obtained by Inside Edition.
COURT RULING
Scholtes, 37, faced charges in court on Thursday of first degree murder leveled by a grand jury after originally being arrested on a lesser charge of second degree murder. He pleaded not guilty.
‘Please baby, please …’ he can be heard pleading in the video.
‘I can’t believe this,’ he whimpered. ‘Oh my god.’
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GIRL?
His little girl was found unresponsive in his vehicle after he allegedly left her there while he indulged in a PlayStation gaming session.
In the harrowing video, police and paramedics are seen desperately attempting to revive the toddler as Scholtes is seen pacing around his house in a panic.Â
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Scholtes was arrested last month after his two-year-old daughter Parker was found unresponsive in his car outside their home in Marana, Arizona, on a day when temperatures reached 109F.Â
Scholtes’ other children, aged five and nine, told police that he spent the afternoon playing video games, and investigators said neighborhood surveillance showed Parker may have been left for over three hours.
