Miller Gardner — the 14-year outdated son of former Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner — died from carbon monoxide poisoning, Costa Rican authorities confirmed Wednesday.
A blood take a look at for carbon monoxide confirmed a saturation stage of 64% in Gardner’s physique, Costa Rican officers stated. Concentrations above 50% are thought-about deadly.
Extra checks to detect the presence of medicine akin to fentanyl had been additionally carried out. These outcomes got here again damaging.
Gardner was discovered lifeless by a member of the family in a resort room on March 21 whereas vacationing on the Arenas Del Mar resort in Costa Rica. Investigators discovered excessive emissions of carbon monoxide contamination within the resort room the place Gardner and his household had been staying, OIJ director Randall Zuniga stated throughout a video press convention on Tuesday.
The resort room was subsequent to a specialised machine room, which might have led to the contamination, Zuniga stated.
The night time earlier than Gardner’s loss of life, the household went out to dinner at a restaurant near the resort and stated they felt sick once they returned to the resort, in response to a Costa Rican supply near the investigation.
Miller was the youngest of the Brett Gardners’ two sons.
