Emilie Kiser Speaks Out For First Time On Son's Death: 'i Should Have Done More To Protect Him'

Influencer Emilie Kiser, whose 3-year-old boy died successful May aft drowning successful nan family's backyard pool, said retired for nan first clip in an Instagram statement, saying she knows location was much she could person done to protect him.

Trigg Kiser died aft he was hospitalized successful captious information for respective days, constabulary person said.

An investigation into nan child's decease revealed that nan boy's father, Brady Kiser, said he was distracted by thing at nan clip Trigg fell into nan pool. Emilie Kiser was retired astatine nan time, Brady Kiser said.

A constabulary report revealed that Trigg was unsupervised for astatine slightest 9 minutes and that nan boy "did not spell into nan h2o intentionally, alternatively he tripped and fell successful while playing pinch an inflatable chair," nan study states.

In her statement, Emilie Kiser said nan family misses Trigg "every 2nd of each day" and that "continuing guardant often feels unbearable."

"I ne'er thought we would acquisition condolences successful this measurement aliases nan symptom of losing him truthful suddenly," Emilie Kiser wrote. "It's a pain, heartache, and void that nary family should ever person to endure."

Emilie Kiser said that arsenic Trigg's mother, she takes afloat accountability for his death.

"I cognize I should person done much to protect him," Emilie Kiser said. "One of nan hardest lessons I transportation is that a imperishable excavation obstruction could person saved his life, and it's thing I will ne'er place again."

Officials said successful July that Brady Kiser would not look immoderate charges successful his son’s death.

She said she hopes Trigg's communicative will thief forestall different children and families from this fate.

Emilie Kiser thanked her family for their unconditional emotion and for helping her activity done this, and thanked her followers for nan "outpouring of emotion for our family."

She besides took clip to speak astir her acquisition arsenic a societal media influencer, a travel she said she began successful 2021 successful an effort to link pinch different moms and find community.

While she said she has gotten that, and that she's ever been her authentic aforesaid connected societal media, she said her son's decease has showed her "how relationships online deficiency boundaries, particularly successful protecting children's privacy."

"Moving forward, I will beryllium establishing much boundaries pinch what I stock online," Emilie Kiser continues.