Overview

• Chandler police had recommended a class 4 felony child abuse charge after noting the family’s unfenced backyard pool violated local safety requirements.
• The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office reviewed surveillance video and affidavits and concluded the case did not meet the gross-deviation standard for felony child abuse under Arizona law.
• Search warrant documents show Kiser was caring for his infant when he lost sight of Trigg for three to five minutes before finding him unconscious in the pool.
• Three-year-old Trigg was pulled from the pool on May 12 and died six days later at a Phoenix hospital.
• Emilie Kiser’s lawsuit to block public access to investigative and autopsy records remains pending under a temporary confidentiality order.