A 38-year-old father in Arizona may spend decades behind bars for leaving his 2-year-old daughter to die in a hot car parked in front of their home while he was inside playing video games and performing online searches.

Christopher Scholtes reached a deal with prosecutors in the Pima County Attorney's Office in which he agreed to plead guilty to one count of second-degree murder and one count of intentional or knowing child abuse under circumstances likely to cause death or serious physical injury, authorities announced.

According to prosecutors, the plea agreement stipulates that the sentences imposed by Judge Kimberly Ortiz will run consecutively and Scholtes "will face a sentencing range of 20 to 30 years of flat time (meaning he's not eligible for early release, he must serve the ful

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