Year after 3-year-old's drowning, influencer apologizes for letting 16-month-old skip life jacket

Emilie Kiser, an influencer whose 3-year-old son Trigg drowned in May 2025 after police said he was found unconscious in a pool at the family’s Arizona home, has apologized for a recent boat outing involving her 16-month-old son, Teddy. Kiser said she allowed Teddy to sit on a watercraft without a life jacket in a “lapse in judgment” she “deeply regrets,” after posting a photo that triggered backlash. She said her husband, Brady Kiser, was briefly distracted while watching Trigg when the death occurred, and investigators later declined to file criminal charges against Brady related to the toddler’s death. Kiser said the jacket was removed briefly because the child was fussy, and she added Teddy is enrolled in an Infant Swimming Resource program.