Overview

• Chandler Police recommended charging Brady Kiser with a Class 4 felony child abuse count on July 15 after investigating his son’s May drowning.
• The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office announced that it would not file charges due to a lack of reasonable likelihood of conviction.
• Surveillance video reconstruction of the drowning timeline did not show that Kiser’s brief distraction by his newborn rose to gross negligence.
• Arizona law mandates proof that a caregiver’s failure to perceive a substantial risk constitutes a gross deviation from reasonable care to secure a felony child abuse verdict.
• The drowning of 3-year-old Trigg Kiser in the family’s uncovered backyard pool has renewed scrutiny over pool barriers and supervision practices.