In the first degree murder trial of Christopher Scholtes, the man who is charged with killing his two year old daughter by leaving her in a hot car, the defense attorney hinted at a rare and dangerous tactic: Scholtes may testify in his own defense.

Anyone who testifies in his own defense is taking a risk. He will get more than just friendly questions from his defense attorney. He will get hostile questions from prosecutors designed to demolish any sort of defense.

Scholtes defense attorney Marc Adair says he is developing information about other hot car deaths that may mitigate Scholtes situation. Adair says he has found only one other case of someone prosecuted for first degree murder when a child died in a hot car.

In Scholtes case, Marana Police say while Parker Scholtes was strappe

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