Influencer Emilie Kiser’s husband, Brady Kiser, is said to have placed a sports bet before losing sight of their son Trigg while he drowned.
Three-year-old Trigg Kiser fell into the pool at their home in Phoenix, Arizona, on May 12 and died in hospital a week later.
A decision to not pursue charges against Brady was announced in July by Arizona’s Maricopa County Attorney’s Office — two weeks after Chandler Police recommended a felony child abuse charge in connection with the incident.
New details surrounding Trigg’s death have now been revealed in a public report from the Chandler Police Department (CPD), including allegations involving what Brady was doing at the time of the tragedy.
According to the report, Brady was at home with Trigg and the couple’s then-newborn son Theodore while Emilie was out for dinner with friends.
Emilie said she left the house at 6pm local time and arrived at the restaurant at 6.32pm, which the report also says is nearly the same time Trigg fell into the pool.
Brady said he lost sight of Trigg for three to five minutes while caring for Theodore, and later found their eldest child in the pool. Police said in their report, citing video evidence, however, that Trigg ‘was in the backyard unsupervised for more than 9 minutes, and in the water for about 7 of those minutes.’
Authorities also allege in the report that Brady had been watching a basketball game and placed a $25 bet around the time of the drowning.
‘Brady’s statements do not match what is seen on the video; he did not accurately describe one thing [Trigg] did after he went outside. This leads to the conclusion that Brady was not aware of what [Trigg] was doing and was not watching him. The combination of these factors led to drowning, and a remedy to any of the contributing circumstances could have prevented the outcome,’ police said in the report.
Emilie won a legal battle to keep graphic details about her son’s death shielded from the public, meaning two pages of the police report are redacted.
According to the Daily Mail, the unredacted police report included a moment-by-moment written depiction of officer bodycam footage that captured Trigg’s death.
Its contents are of a ‘vivid and granular nature,’ making it so ’emotionally disturbing’ that shielding it from the public is wholly justified, the ruling stated.
The court declared on Friday: ‘Specific material harm to her and her family outweighs the negligible public interest in those particular portions of the report.
‘The narrow redaction of those sections strikes an appropriate balance between transparency and human dignity.’
While the couple has not spoken publicly since their son’s death, Emilie’s lawyer issued a statement at the time that read: ‘Emilie is going through a parent’s worst nightmare right now.
‘Emilie is trying her best to be there for her surviving son, two-month-old Theodore. But every day is a battle.’
Emilie built up an online following with updates on her children and family life on TikTok. Emilie and Brady welcomed Trigg in July 2021 and their second son, Theodore, in September 2024.
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