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

Seeing Red A True Crime Podcast

Mark Randell & Bethan Trueman

True Crime

4.2 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Part two of our series on the death of two-year-old Parker Scholtes focuses on what came next. In this episode of Seeing Red, we examine the aftermath of Parker’s death in Arizona — the public response, the investigation, and the long road toward trial. We follow the build-up through court proceedings, mounting scrutiny, and the questions surrounding responsibility and accountability. Finally, we look at the shocking conclusion to this case and what it meant for the family left behind. This is a difficult episode, dealing with the death of a child and its consequences. Listener discretion is advised. www.patreon.com/seeingredpodcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/seeingredtw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.seeingredpodcast.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Theme music arranged and composed by Holly-Jane Shears: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.soundcloud.com/DeadDogInBlackBag⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Ray Review Dark Stories, where we reach into the darkest corners of true crime, history, and humanity.
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0:38.6	story. I'm Ray Review, and let's explore these dark stories together.
0:57.0	Music The The Hello and welcome to seeing Red, a true crime podcast. I'm Mark.
1:34.5	And I'm Bethan. Welcome back, guys.
1:37.2	This is part two of our two-part series on the tragic death of two-year-old Parker Schultz.
1:43.5	If you are here and listening and you didn't realize this was a two-parter,
1:47.9	please do go back and listen to Part 1 first.
1:51.6	If, like quite a few of our listeners, you are here because you didn't feel able to listen to Part 1,
1:57.3	that is totally valid.
1:58.4	We are going to give you a small recap at the beginning.
2:00.6	And then this will be recap at the beginning.
2:04.5	And then this will be looking at the aftermath of the death of Parker.
2:10.0	Now, last week, Mark, last week's episode really hit a lot of people.
2:13.8	We've had lots of comments, lots of people saying whether they could or couldn't listen to the episode, how some of the information as well, people just could not
2:20.5	get their heads around. And I wanted to share that when I listened to information about
2:26.6	this case at the time, I did kind of bury my head in the sand a lot and I really had hoped and
2:32.6	longed for the idea that she had stayed asleep and had almost, you know,
2:38.3	like if people die of carbon monoxide poisoning, they don't know anything.
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