Arizona police recently released a report that described what happened to a 3-year-old boy who drowned while in his father’s care in May.
The Chandler police department, as reported by the Arizona Republic, found discrepancies between Brady Kiser’s account of the events surrounding his son, Trigg Kiser, and surveillance footage from May 12. Brady Kiser was supervising his newborn and toddler sons when the older boy was discovered unresponsive in their Chandler backyard pool.
Trigg Kiser passed away on May 18, following the May 12 incident. His father asserted he lost track of his son for a maximum of five minutes, but authorities indicated that Trigg was unsupervised for over nine minutes and had been in the pool for seven of those minutes.
Brady Kiser reportedly told the police, “I didn’t have a clock, obviously. I don’t know the exact time, but it was moments, it wasn’t minutes, it was moments, it wasn’t that he had been out of sight for long.”
The investigative report highlighted that Brady Kiser stated he last observed his son by the hot tub, a claim investigators deemed impossible. He also allegedly said he was seated in a chair looking at the backyard before changing his statement to being on a couch facing a television.
The Chandler police suggested bringing child abuse charges against Brady Kiser, while acknowledging there was no evidence that he witnessed his son drowning in the pool. They emphasized that he was aware the pool was uncovered and that his unsupervised child could not swim.
Authorities also accused Brady Kiser of placing an online sports bet on the evening of his son’s drowning. They observed that an NBA game was on the television at the time of their visit to the house.
Despite police’s recommendation, Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell said they will not be prosecuting Brady Kiser for his son’s death. Mitchell said it is unlikely he would be convicted if he stood trial for child abuse, as it would be difficult to prove negligence.
The boys’ mother is Emilie Kiser, a social media influencer with more than 4 million followers on TikTok. She was out with friends at the time of the incident.
The Arizona Republic reported that Emilie Kiser successfully asked the court to block the release video depicting her son’s drowning. Her lawyers argued the footage could be used by AI-video reenactments and bad-faith actors.
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