Overview

• Judge Christopher Whitten approved the removal of two pages from the 55-page Chandler Police Department report that described the final moments of 3-year-old Trigg’s drowning.
• Investigators had recommended a Class 4 felony child abuse charge against father Brady Kiser after finding video evidence of supervision lapses and discrepancies in his account, but prosecutors declined to file charges.
• Surveillance footage showed Trigg was unsupervised in an unsecured backyard pool for about nine minutes and spent approximately seven of those minutes underwater before his father discovered him.
• Emilie Kiser’s legal team successfully argued that public release of the graphic details risked harm from potential AI reenactments and would impede the family’s ability to grieve privately.
• More than 100 public-records requests have been filed for investigative files and broader review of the case remains ongoing under Arizona’s transparency laws.