911 911 please my baby was in the car
she's not responsive the AC was on she's
dead we have
nothing so we we can't let you do that
right now you stay in the room if you
want but I'm it's a scorching
109° in Morana Arizona on the late
afternoon of July 9th
2024 a frantic 911 call since First
Responders racing to the aid of a
2-year-old child found unresponsive
after her father left her to sleep in
the Family's car as investigators try to
piece together what may have happened
unsettling discrepancies begin to emerge
and shocking evidence raises a haunting
question was this a heartbreaking
mistake or a catastrophe waiting to
happen the suspect in question and all
persons charged with a crime are
Presumed Innocent unless and until
proven guilty in a court of law it's
like baffling I don't know it's baffling
that this happened our lives have been
literally perfect the Panic 911 call
comes in around 400 p.m. from
37-year-old Christopher schultes as the
dispatcher attempts to keep him calm
Morana County police and First
Responders weave through the busy
streets in a desperate race to get to
the scene what are you
reporting she was in the car sleeping
she's
unresponsive okay and who is she please
please please my daughter is she still
breathing no she's not breathing right
now okay we need to start CPR right now
yes we are we're D CBR
yes I'm so
sorry okay is she breathing yet was just
letting how long has it been half hour
you it was but it burs
off mom is a doctor and is also
preferring Care on that
baby
5ep move back baby by the time police
arrive paramedics have already taken
over efforts to save the child but the
situation looks Grim as the temperature
outside is boiling they need to know how
long she was exposed to the deadly heat
half hour 45 minutes 45 minutes okay the
car's been on she the car minutes but it
was it was the air conditioning on yes
but I guess it turned off right as the
paramedics need space to work Chris
walks away from the desperate situation
the officers attempt to keep Chris calm
as he experiences rapid shifts in his
emotional state
Chris
was what's going on why why are you with
me because we were the First Responders
and we were
onene the AC was
on my worst nightmare I'm stic P so I
can't be sitting
down please baby
please anything despite their best
efforts the situation takes a dark turn
I mean I don't
know she's she's dead like I need to be
with her oh my God my
no no she's dead
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we sir they're doing the best they can
right now okay oh my God
my shortly after arriving at the
hospital 2-year-old Parker Schultis was
pronounced deceased a devastating result
of intense heat stroke while waiting
with officers inside the house Chris's
demeanor continues to alternate between
panicked and eerily
calm thank you
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can we get you
anything I can't believe this
this can't
be she wants me to try and get her R to
the hospital hey we will we'll
accommodate that for you all right um
we're just going to need to get a
statement from you about what happened
what's been going
on obviously I know this isn't easy for
you okay it's not easy for anyone around
right now as the officer prepares to get
Chris's version of events a group of
investigators outside try to piece
together what little information they
have from the child's mother however a
disturbing observation made by one of
the paramedics will leave them
questioning if there's more to the story
than they've been led to believe mom's a
anesthesiologist mom was working mom
arrived to asked for the daughter was
Dad came out here brought the kid in
looked like that Mom started working on
the kid at that point dad said A kid had
been in the car for 45 minutes AC was
running so this car wasn't running when
you guys got no the car was not running
over there sounds like he was aware
because he said he left the baby at the
car as sleep and let the car run no
Medics were talking about riger in there
already while Parker's physical state
upon the paramedics arrival raises
suspicions with the officers outside
Chris begins to explain his version of
what happened my daughters were at
Elevate with uh my friend next door they
got home about uh
2 45 or so
we've just been hanging out at home she
was sleeping in the car and I had the
car
on um but it has a sensor where every 30
minutes or so it'll turn off if haven't
moved um I swore she was in the house
playing with her sisters like she always
does I haven't been doing anything else
really on the
house
and like
what's we never do this anywhere but I'm
a home right like you're you're you're
home you're safe you're like your kids
are
home right um I'm sorry this is all
going on we always Park that car in the
garage usually but I just got a pelaton
recently and the pelaton is in the
garage now so that's why it's not even
in the garage but and how long was she
sleeping in the car out there I want to
say it was no more than 30 45 minutes
the chilling reality is that Parker
remained in the driveway for far longer
a darker truth that will soon come to
light with devastating implications
meanwhile as tensions simmer in the
stifling heat outside two officers take
refuge in the shade and vent their
mounting frustrations over the tragic
situation
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referee back seats
referee now taking a break from
questions Chris makes a startling move
that leaves officers stunned as they
attempt to relay the gravity of the
situation his willingness to cooperate
takes a sharp turn Ju Just to let you
know I don't I don't want to feel like
we're intruding but we're going to have
to stand by with you for a while all
right um is there a reason why so any
any death we have to treat like a crime
SC saying it I know this is extremely
difficult for you um this is a normal
process that that we have to follow
through with I don't want you to be
blindsided by anything but that's that's
what's going to be going on for right
now okay so why I'm being treated like a
murderer no I just lost my face not at
all I know that and I know this isn't
easy for you that's that's why I'm
trying to be straightforward and honest
with you okay I don't want to keep any
secrets I don't want to hide anything
for you someone's going to talk to you
about what happened though all right
we will keep you updated with
everything my my whole family is going
to be
ruined shower so we we can't let you do
that right now we have to stand by with
you okay as soon as you can we will let
you know you stay in the room if you
want but I'm going
to I know this isn't easy for you but
the quicker we get this done and finish
up the sooner you can be with wife all
right trying so I can go to the hospital
do with my wife we're not going to
shower anything right now you need to
stand by with us I don't understand why
okay please I don't understand
why I I tried explaining that to you we
just need to stand by with I'm standing
by why can't I take a shower while you
stand by what what is it's it's not
necessary right now I'm not going to
stand here and watch you shower after
settling on a change of clothes Chris is
informed that his other two children two
girl girls ages 5 and nine have arrived
with their grandmother and are waiting
for him outside as he passes by a
keen-eyed officer spots that Chris is
holding something in his hands that
detectives will need to collect as
evidence he's got a shirt she was
wearing are we going to need that uh
probably
yes we're going to need to take the bre
okay what what part of the scene so we
have to take her dress we have to leave
it here like he said we're doing the
investig
still we have to have her dress we can't
let you take her dress investigators
decide to let Chris go ahead to the
hospital opting to speak to both him and
his wife later that evening the
following recorded interviews between
them and the detective detail their
version of what happened but as you'll
soon discover shocking discrepancies and
jaw-dropping evidence reveal a far more
devastating series of events if you can
walk me through the events um starting
from uh obviously this morning and then
uh to eventually you guys reaching out
calling
911 uh pretty normal morning girls woke
up and um one of their friends said
asked them to they wanted to go to
levate with like their mom's
friend um their best friends live next
door grandma was supposed to come get
them I think she showed up around like
10:30 or something them to elevate as
the older daughters left for the
trampoline park Parker was supposed at
left alone in Chris's care he next
explains that he went to a doctor's
office and took Parker along with him
only to discover that it was closed so
then we just basically turned around and
came home um and I looked at the clock
and I remember thinking like oh I got to
get home because the girls are going to
probably head back
soon so we got home and girls weren't
home yet but uh baby was sleeping in the
car and so I had uh taken some stuff
inside and I had came back out and the
girls were there they had just pulled
up so they came inside and I checked on
the baby she was still
sleeping and then um came back
inside that's where I just kind of like
I was I don't know thinking that she was
playing with her sisters I think the me
coming home and thinking that you know
the girls were going to be home so I got
to like come back in and out kind of
thing you said the girls came home you
remember about what time that was I want
to say it was like
230 the next door neighbor whose kids
went with Chris's older daughters
earlier in the day has a very different
answer for what time the children came
home and you said they got dropped off
about 1 what what time probably 1
1:30 I thinking like
1:15 and then um do you remember what
time you left to go to the
clinic I don't okay you remember roughly
about what time you got to the clinic
and saw their clothes probably about 2 I
think security footage from nearby
businesses and Chris's own neighborhood
paint a shockingly different picture as
we'll soon uncover the discrepancies
between his account and what the cameras
captured will be impossible for
detectives to ignore especially as an
even more startling pattern of behavior
begins to surface so the girls get home
um about 2:30 you checked still sleeping
and the car was still on okay I think
it's like every 30 minutes or something
that like will turn off if you haven't
moved the car I don't know I think the
lock out period for the car is like 20
minutes if I were to guess is that
something that's happened before that
you you've notic the car I've noticed
the car stopping before just because I
was sitting in it one time and not like
having the like anything going on and it
just turns off so I know that it does
that at some point crime scene
investigators performed a test to
replicate this event on Chris's car and
while the exact time varied between each
test the vehicle turned itself off
consistently around the 20-minute mark 1
hour after the engine shut off
investigators recorded the temperature
of the back seat where Parker was left
sleeping it was a
sweltering
149° fah and then you go inside you guys
are doing things as normal uh then then
what's next girls were playing in their
room on their iPads like usually do
that's where I thought the baby was girl
said hi but the baby didn't come say hi
to her so that's when she was like
where's the baby I was like I don't know
I think she's sleeping and my daughter
started looking for first and the girl
said that she was sleeping in the toy
room but when I got up I went in the toy
room she wasn't in there and then we
were like and then I was walking around
the house like checking the rooms and
stuff cuz I figured she was in one of
the other rooms I went out in the
driveway and check the car already
Chris's timeline cast doubts as it
places Parker in the driveway from
before 2:30 p.m. up until the 911 call
was placed much longer than the 30 to 45
minutes he originally claimed these
discrepancies won't Escape these
seasoned Detectives but the truth they
uncover will be worse than they imagined
and as far as um letting uh sleep in the
car you you done that before with the
kids no no not that I'm aware of and
then had you done anything like this
before where you just let her sleep in
the car or anything like no that's
normally I mean I have the girls with me
usually and their girls are always you
know good about like Dad get the baby
you know like one side together I mean
to being sensitive but I have to ask
these questions any issues at home any
problem
no we have the perfect
life like I'm not even kidding like our
every day we're just in awe just how
much we love each other how perfect our
girls are just how full everything is
it's just it's it's like baffling I
don't know it's baffling that this
happened while they both claim it's
never happened before security footage
witnessed by police along with more
unsettling claims will ultimate revealed
the possibility of a disturbing pattern
of behavior on the morning of July 9th
the day of the incident Chris allegedly
pulled into a gas station at around
12:06 p.m. on his way to the doctor's
office he's seen entering by himself and
after buying three cans of beer enters
the bathroom only one can remained as he
exited without paying around 1210 p.m.
Chris's vehicle is next seen arriving at
the doctor's office at 12:12 p.m. hours
before he originally claimed his vehicle
is then seen making a third stop at a
bosa's grocery store at 12:30 p.m.
cameras captured someone matching
Chris's description entering the store
at 12:40 p.m. once again alone he's then
seen returning to the vehicle at 12:47
p.m. at 12:47 neighborhood cameras
captured Chris entering the neighborhood
the vehicle was captured pulling into
the driveway at 12:53 p.m. where Parker
was left asleep until 4:16 p.m. when the
911 call was played Parker Schultis
remained in the driveway for more than 3
hours the possibility that Parker was
left unattended at each location may
have been a shock to detectives but to
neighbors it was no surprise after
hearing troubling rumors circulating in
their small neighborhood investigators
begin to question them and are shocked
at the surprising allegations neighbors
tell police that there have been
multiple incidents in which the older
girls were rumored to be found lost and
wandering the neighborhood while Chris
was nowhere to be found as well a second
neighbor came forward to say she'd been
involved in a number of search parties
for the girls over the years and claimed
that while Chris was home he would have
no clue they even left the house while
Chris and his wife both adamantly denied
regularly leaving their children alone
disturbing text messages surfaced
between the two that seemed to
contradict their claims in this exchange
which took place just after Parker was
taken to the hospital the message is
read I told you to stop leaving them in
the car how many times have I told told
you to which Chris replies I'm sorry
detectives are coming for me I'm going
to prison I killed our baby additionally
in the months leading up to Parker's
untimely death the mother accused Chris
of driving Under the Influence with the
girls in the car as well it appears that
Chris admits to speeding at nearly 140
mph with one of the children in the back
seat one burning question Still Remains
What Chris was doing while Parker was
supposedly trapped in the scorching
vehicle for over 3 hours
between 2:30 and then when came home uh
what were you doing uh working on
laundry um the office was on
TV drinking a Dr Pepper done a little
vacuuming on the bus stuff in the house
it was just like a a lounge around the
house dick a search of Chris's phone may
shed even more light on his activities
at the time shockingly around 2:00 p.m.
while Parker slept in the hot car Chris
may have been browsing for men's
clothing and searching for adult videos
raising chilling questions about his
priorities and state of mind with enough
probable cause to make an arrest police
once again returned to the home on July
12th just 3 days after Parker's tragic
death hey how you
doing all right you have CHR come out to
us
please so based off of our investigation
at this point right we have determined
that there's probable cause to go ahead
and charge you for what happened
okay let's come out here
Christopher it's okay no okay so listen
listen listen Okay this doesn't
change this doesn't change what what's
going on okay what happens at this point
it's simple okay what happens at this
point is you are going to be taken in
custody all right and you will be booked
and then after you are booked you have
an initial appearance with the judge
within the first 24 hours okay after the
first 24 hours right the judge will
determine Bond and things like that as
far as what happens next at that point
the case goes to the courts it'll be
between you it'll be between your
attorneys and it'll be between the the
County prosecutor okay so again I can't
change the the consequ of what happened
all right but what I what I'm going to
ask if you
make
okay come on Chris let's go here can you
grab him some shoes please they're right
there they're right there me put can I
just ask one thing please can you just
can you say bye to our kids okay so so
so so listen to what I'm saying I'm not
resisting just relax just relax chher I
need you to listen just relax
just relax the timing of the arrest
doesn't sit well with Chris's wife and
mother who Express their concerns as
well as their harsh opinions about the
officers themselves those two we're
trying to make this as little the as
possible so wait till after the funeral
I don't want the kids to see Dad get
hold off
seriously that's going to be between you
and the can I give him a kiss
you go Chris Chris I'm gonna be here and
I'll take care of
everything the funeral
isid no heart no heart at all as
officers prepare for transport they make
one final consideration given the
extreme temperatures anything inside
your pockets no you just have to it's
standard okay
hey Brooks on the AC look on the bottom
it says rear let's the
AC thank you Christopher Schultz was
arrested and booked into the Puma County
Adult Detention Center he's been
indicted on charges of second-degree
murder and child abuse related to the
death of Parker schultes while he was
later released pre-trial Services the
court had asked for a $1 million Bond
during his second showing at the court
in August 2024 schules pleaded not
guilty to the charges the charges have
now been escalated to First deegree
murder and child abuse