Costa Rica’s high well being official has launched an investigation into the posh resort the place former Yankee Brett Gardner’s teen son died from obvious carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities mentioned.
Well being Minister Mary Munive Angermuller made the bombshell announcement on Friday, simply two days after the Costa Rican police revealed that 14-year-old Miller Gardner’s loss of life was attributable to the noxious gasoline as on the Arenas Del Mar Beachfront & Rainforest Resort whereas on a household trip.
“The Ministry of Well being can also be investigating what occurred at a lodge in Manuel Antonio following a report by the Judicial Investigation Company which signifies the unlucky loss of life of an individual because of carbon monoxide inhalation,” Angermuller mentioned in an announcement.
“In response to inquiries relating to this case, the Ministry of Well being is gathering info and conducting the required investigations,” the assertion mentioned.
Brett and Jessica Gardner had been vacationing with their sons, Miller and Hunter, after they turned sick after consuming at a restaurant close to their lodge on the picturesque seaside resort on March 20.
The next day Miller was discovered unresponsive in his mattress and was pronounced lifeless after medical doctors summoned to the lodge had been unable to revive him after half-hour of performing CPR.
Police initially suspected the teenager died from asphyxiation because of meals poisoning however shortly dominated it out.
Final week authorities revealed that Miller died from excessive ranges of carbon monoxide in his room, which is subsequent to a machine room that homes mechanisms for the lodge’s pool.
The grief-stricken Gardner household remained in Costa Rica till his physique was launched.
A spokesperson for the lodge denied preliminary studies by police that there have been excessive ranges of carbon monoxide in Miller’s room earlier than he died in his mattress.
The rep didn’t reply to requests for remark from The Submit following the announcement Wednesday that the lethal, odorless gasoline was the reason for the teenager’s loss of life.
Brett Gardner, 41, was a fixture within the outfield for the Bronx Bombers for all of his 14 years as a significant leaguer, and was a member of the staff’s 2009 World Sequence championship squad.
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