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- Emilie Kiser’s husband Brady Kiser was alerted to their 3-year-old son Trigg’s drowning because of their dog
- “It was out of the ordinary to see [the dog] standing there looking in the water [of the pool],” Brady told police
- The couple’s son died back in May
Emilie Kiser’s husband Brady Kiser was alerted to their 3-year-old son Trigg’s drowning because of their dog.
According to a report from the Chandler Police Department (CPD), which was made public on Friday, Aug. 8, Brady initially told authorities he saw Trigg playing outside for what he believed to be a few minutes, before he found him lying in the pool back in May.
Police officers alleged in the report, however, that Brady’s statements did “not match” what was seen on surveillance video they later obtained of the incident, which they said showed the child in “the backyard unsupervised for more than 9 minutes” and “in the water for about 7 of those minutes.”
Authorities added that the child was not seen in areas of the backyard that Brady mentioned, or doing the things the father described.
When police asked Brady to come in for a second round of questioning, he allegedly told police he was feeding his 5-month-old baby but was alerted that something might be wrong when he looked outside and saw the family’s dog looking in the pool, the report said.
“[I had a] poor feeling as soon as I saw it. It was out of the ordinary to see him standing there looking in the water as he was, so I had stood up, and I immediately went out there,” Brady recalled to officers, per the police report.
Brady told police he then found Trigg floating in their backyard pool. Police eventually responded to the scene and performed CPR until firefighters arrived. Trigg was taken to the hospital, but he was pronounced dead days later.
Police alleged in their report, “[Brady] did not accurately describe one thing [Trigg] did after he went outside. This leads to the conclusion that Brady was not aware of what [Trigg] was doing and was not watching him. The combination of these factors led to drowning, and a remedy to any of the contributing circumstances could have prevented the outcome.”
Chandler Police recommended Brady face a class 4 felony charge of child abuse on July 16.
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However, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office (MCAO) announced that he would not face child abuse charges.
They added that there is “no likelihood of conviction” against Brady one week later.
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