Police Report Reveals New Details About Emilie Kiser’s Son’s Drowning Death

Police have released a series of reports with new details surrounding the drowning death of influencer Emilie Kiser’s 3-year-old son, Trigg Kiser.

Trigg died May 18, six days after he was hospitalized after falling in the family’s pool at their home in Chandler, Arizona, and drowning.

According to the new reports from the Chandler Police Department, Emilie Kiser’s husband, Brady Kiser, told investigators his wife was out at a restaurant with friends when the May 12 incident occurred. Meanwhile, Brady Kiser was home with Trigg and their infant son.

According to the police report, Emilie Kiser said she left the house at 6 p.m. local time and arrived at the restaurant 20 minutes away from their home at 6:32 p.m., which the report also says is nearly the same time Trigg Kiser fell into the pool, based on video evidence.

In the reports from officers, police said Brady Kiser first told police he left Trigg alone between 3 and 5 minutes before he discovered the toddler unconscious in the pool. He is quoted to have said, “I didn’t have a clock, obviously, I don’t know the exact time, but it was moments, it wasn’t minutes.”

According to a General Offense Report, video evidence shows Brady Kiser left the toddler unsupervised in the backyard for more than 9 minutes and that the toddler was in the water for 7 of those minutes. The police report said Trigg was unsupervised between 6:29 p.m. and 6:39 p.m. local time.

“Brady’s statements do not match what is seen on the video; he did not accurately describe one thing did after he went outside. This leads to the conclusion that Brady was not aware of what was doing and was not watching him,” detective Michael Rietz from Chandler Police concluded in the General Offense Report.

Brady Kiser, in an interview with Rietz, said it was “not the norm” for Trigg to be outside unsupervised. When asked why he didn’t look outside for those 10 minutes, Brady said there was “no outside distraction other than my newborn baby.”

Police noted an NBA playoffs game was playing when they arrived on scene. Brady Kiser had placed a single bet on the game at 5:14 p.m. local time, over an hour before the incident, according to data obtained via a search warrant to the sports betting platform DraftKings. He told the detective in a later interview that he was not subsequently on his phone and that his “focus” was on his newborn.

The General Offense Report concluded this “tragic incident” was the result of Trigg “being in the backyard unsupervised while playing around an unsecured pool and unable to swim.” Based on the video footage, Trigg “did not go into the water intentionally, rather he tripped and fell in while playing with an inflatable chair.”

The General Offense Report said that the pool had been uncovered at the time of the accident. Safety netting was present but not in use, the report said.

The General Offense Report described the moment Brady Kiser realized Trigg was in the pool. Brady Kiser told authorities he saw the dog looking in the pool and had “a poor feeling as soon as I saw it, it was out of the ordinary to see him standing there looking at the water as he was.” Brady Kiser said he then “immediately” went to the backyard.

After seeing Trigg in the pool, Brady Kiser said he dove in, carried the toddler inside, started CPR and called authorities. After police arrived on scene and began chest compressions on the “unconscious” child, Trigg was taken to Chandler Regional Medical Center in critical condition, per the report. Police said the toddler was transported via helicopter to Phoenix Children’s Hospital, where he died six days later on May 18.

Emilie and Brady Kiser welcomed Trigg in July 2021, and are also parents to 4-month-old Theodore.

Emilie Kiser, who has more than 4 million followers on TikTok and 1.7 million on Instagram, frequently posts about her family. She has not posted on either account, however, since prior to the incident.

In 2023, Emilie Kiser shared a TikTok video saying that Trigg was taking swim lessons.

“At our friend’s birthday that other day, he was literally jumping on and off the diving board, probably 40 times, I kid you not,” she said in the clip.

In the police report, Emilie Kiser said her son “didn’t fully know how to swim.”

The Kiser family has not yet released a public statement about Trigg’s death.