Left Behind By Father Playing Phone Games, 2-year-old Boy In Arizona Dies In A 42 Degree Car

Illustration of playing a mobile game using a game tool. (Javier Gonz RIGHTlez-Unsplash)

JAKARTA - A father in Arizona, United States (US) was charged with murder of his own son who died because he was left alone in a car with a temperature of 108.9 degrees Fahrenheit or 42 degrees Celsius.

Citing the New York Post via Hindustan Times, Friday, August 2, the girl was left by her father named Christopher Scholtes (37) who was busy playing games using a cellphone.

According to the autopsy results released on Wednesday, July 31, the temperature in the car rose slowly until it jumped 42.7 degrees Celsius when the witness found the body of the boy named Parker Scholtes dead in the Honda SUV.

The father allegedly left his daughter for a three-hour nap in the car in July. The car was parked outside their family home on the outskirts of Marana, Arizona.

Arizona Republic reported that the mother of the two-year-old was not at home at the time of the incident. Upon arrival at her residence, the mother saw her child in an air conditioner that was not turned on.

The mother performed CPR on the boy until the second witness arrived at their home. The child was then taken to the hospital where the doctor later declared him dead.

His father was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. The father was also hit by a case of child abuse in June.