MARANA, Ariz. (KGUN) — Last year on July 9, police lined a neighborhood in Marana. It was on that day that Parker Scholtes died after being left in a car on an extremely hot day.

The father, Christopher Scholtes, is facing first-degree murder charges with a trial set for October 2025.

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On Wednesday, Cynthia King, Parker Scholtes’ grandmother, had a memorial for her granddaughter that brought together about 25 people.

“From the moment she was born, I used to come into their house and call her hi Smiley, and she just was joyful,” King said. “We would watch Barbie movie over and over and over again, and we just were good together.”

On July 9, 2024, she got a phone call from her daughter, Scholtes

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