India, Nov. 6 -- An Arizona father who left his two-year-old daughter to die in a sweltering car has died by suicide. Christopher Scholtes, 38, had admitted that he left his daughter in the car while he watched porn.

Scholtes was found dead in a Phoenix home just after 5 am on Wednesday, November 5, police told the New York Post. It was the same day he was scheduled to report to prison ahead of his sentencing. He was facing up to 30 years behind bars.

"Instead of coming in to take account for what has occurred here, we have been informed, and we have confirmed, that the father took his own life last night," Pima County Attorney Laura Conover said in a statement.

Officials were confused when Scholtes failed to appear for the hearing. He...