MARANA, Ariz. (AZFamily) — An Arizona man is set to stand trial for murder after rejecting a plea deal related to the death of his young daughter in a hot car last summer.
According to 13 News in Tucson, Christopher Scholtes appeared in court on Thursday morning to discuss a plea deal that would have reduced the charges to second-degree murder. However, he rejected the offer, and his case will proceed to trial where he will face charges of first-degree murder and child abuse.
The charges stem from the death of Scholtes’ two-year-old daughter in Marana last year. Around 4 p.m. on July 9, police and fire crews responded to a home near Paseo Rancho Acero and Paytons Court and found a young girl unresponsive in the backseat of a car. She was pronounced dead a short time later…