An Arizona father convicted of murdering his 2-year-old daughter, Christopher Scholtes, took his own life in Phoenix on Tuesday night.
In October, Scholtes accepted a plea agreement and pled guilty to one Count of Second-Degree Murder and one Count of Intentional/Knowing Child Abuse under Circumstance Likely to Cause Death or Serious Physical Injury.
According to the Phoenix Police Department, the 38-year-old Scholtes was found dead just after 5 a.m. on Wednesday in a neighborhood near Third Street and Northern Avenue.
He was scheduled to appear in court Wednesday morning to be taken into custody, but failed to appear, according to ABC15.
His sentence would have been between 20 and 30 years with no chance of parole.
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