Overview

• Emilie Kiser posted on Instagram for the first time since her three-year-old son Trigg drowned in May, saying she spent months searching for the right words.
• She wrote that she feels full responsibility as a mother and said a permanent pool fence could have saved her child.
• Kiser described overwhelming grief and said she copes by moving forward minute by minute and day by day, while thanking family and followers for support.
• Police previously said Trigg’s father was momentarily distracted by the newborn when the child fell into the backyard pool.
• Local police recommended charges against the father weeks after the incident, but the Maricopa County prosecutor’s office declined to pursue a case.