The Arizona father who "forgot" he left his 2-year-old daughter to bake in a hot car "killed himself in an eerily similar fashion," RadarOnline.com can report.

Christopher Scholtes took his own life just hours before he was expected to report to prison for the little girl's murder. Article continues below advertisement

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Scholtes had accepted a plea deal for the death of his daughter, Parker, who was left strapped in her car seat as temperatures climbed as high as 109-degrees outside.

In a sad ironic twist, the 38-year-old reportedly killed himself in a car as well, with the Maricopa County medical examiner telling the Daily Mail he died of carbon monoxide suffocation in the family's garage.

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