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Christopher Scholtes, 38, pleaded guilty to murder and child abuse charges in court last month

He accidentally left his 2-year-old daughter in a hot car — where the temperature reached 109 degrees — while he was playing video games inside his home

On Nov. 5, police found him dead inside a Phoenix home after receiving a call at 5:22 a.m., hours before Scholtes was due to turn himself in ahead of his Nov. 21 sentencing

An Arizona man who pleaded guilty to murdering his 2-year-old daughter after she died in a hot car parked in the family's driveway was found deceased this morning.

Christopher Scholtes, 38, was found on Nov. 5, according to the Maricopa County Coroner records. His cause of death is under investigation. An autopsy will now be performed but results are not ex

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