Left Behind: The Death of Parker Scholtes (Part One)

This week on Seeing Red, we’re covering one of the most devastating and upsetting cases we’ve ever examined.

In Part One of this two-part series, we take you through the events leading up to the death of two-year-old Parker Scholtes. We look at her life, her family, and the decisions made in the hours before she was left alone in a hot car — decisions that would end in irreversible tragedy.

This episode focuses on the build-up: the timeline, the warning signs, and the moments that culminated in Parker being declared dead. It’s a deeply emotional case, and we’ve chosen to split it into two parts out of respect for the gravity of what happened — and because there is far too much to unpack responsibly in a single episode.

Part Two, which will be out next week, will examine what followed in the aftermath — the legal consequences, public reaction, and how this case ultimately concluded — but for now, this episode ends where Parker’s life did.

Content warning: child death, neglect, and extremely distressing material.

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