Pima County Sheriff's Department

The teenage daughter of an Arizona man who died by suicide after pleading guilty to murdering his 2-year-old daughter apparently isn’t shocked by what happened ... at least according to the teen's former guardian.

Lindsay Eisenberg -- who previously served as guardian to Christopher Scholtes ’ 17-year-old daughter -- tells TMZ ... she was the first to break the news of his death to the teen. Pima County

Eisenberg says the girl told her she wasn’t surprised her father took his own life -- and even said she had a feeling it was coming.

Eisenberg tells us the teen has been in the custody of Child Protective Services ... while her two younger sisters had been living with Scholtes and his spouse. We're told the teen plans to apply for custody of th

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