Overview

• Trigg Kiser was found unresponsive in a backyard pool on May 12 and died on May 18 after six days in hospital, and the Chandler Police Department says its investigation remains open.
• Kiser’s lawsuit, filed May 27 in Maricopa County Superior Court, names the City of Chandler, its police department, the Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s Office and the Arizona Department of Health Services as defendants.
• More than 100 public records requests have been filed for documents related to Trigg’s death, including police reports, body-camera footage, scene photos, 911 calls and his autopsy report.
• The complaint argues that releasing those records would inflict irreparable emotional harm and weaponize Arizona’s Public Records Law in a private family tragedy.
• Kiser, a TikTok influencer with over 2 million followers, says she urgently needs to protect her privacy and care for her surviving two-month-old son, Theodore.