The Costa Rica Ministry of Health has announced an investigation into the luxury hotel where Miller Gardner, the 14 -year -old son of the New York Yankees hero, Brett Gardner, has died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
A toxicology report last week confirmed the tragic cause of Miller’s death on March 21 at Arenas del Mar Beachfront & Rainforest Resort – After the initial fears of dying of food poisoning.
And now the country’s Ministry of Health is launching an investigation into the back of this report.
A statement said: “The Ministry of Health is also investigating what happened in a hotel in Manuel Antonio, following a report by the Judicial Inquiry Agency (OIJ), which indicates the unhappy death of a person due to the inhalation of carbon monoxide.
“In response to requests for information concerning this case, the Ministry of Health collects information and conducts the necessary surveys.
“For this reason, it is not possible to provide more details at the moment. However, once the facts are clarified, more information will be provided.
Miller Gardner (second on the right) died suddenly while he was on vacation with Papa Brett (right), mom Jessica (second on the left) and older brother Hunter, 16 years old (left)
The toxicology report said that Miller died following an exposure to carbon monoxide, after a 64% saturation level was found in his room.
The report, published by Randall Zuniga – Managing Director of the OIJ – late on Wednesday, added that “concentrations above 50% are already fatal”.
He added: “In this case, the percentage of saturation is higher, thus proving the assumption of the police according to which the death was due to exposure to carbon monoxide”.
Zuniga concluded: “Other drug screening tests have been carried out, including fentanyl and other substances; All were negative.
On Tuesday, the cause of the death had remained surrounded by mystery after a spokesperson for the Arenas del Mar Beachfront & Rainforest Resort – where the Gardners stayed – categorically denied the police ‘conclusions.
“The levels in the hotel room were nonexistent and not lethal. There was an error in this initial report: “A spokesperson for the station told the New York Post.
The police initially reported “high levels of contamination by carbon monoxide” in the hotel room, but awaited confirmation of toxicology reports.
The hotel, on the other hand, said that carbon monoxide levels had been detected in a “mechanical room that customers do not occupy”, rather than in the guest room itself.
The Gardners’ room of friends has been closed “an abundance of prudence” as they “expect conclusive results to confirm the cause of this unhappy death,” added Arenas del Mar.
More to follow
