The Costa Rica lodge the place Brett Gardner’s son Miller died throughout a household trip is denying that carbon monoxide poisoning led to the 14-year-old’s loss of life.
In an announcement to PEOPLE on Tuesday, April 1, a spokesperson for the Arenas Del Mar Beachfront & Rainforest Resort claims that the quantity of carbon monoxide within the household’s lodge room was “non-lethal.”
“We perceive the priority has grown and to make clear the excessive ranges of carbon monoxide had been in a mechanical room that company don’t occupy. The degrees within the lodge room had been non-existent and non-lethal. There was an error on this preliminary reporting,” lodge spokesperson Dana Cohen stated. “As talked about, we await for conclusive outcomes to substantiate the reason for this unlucky loss of life.”
The New York Post was first to report the information.
Miller fell unwell and died on Friday, March 21, his dad and mom Brett and Jessica confirmed on March 23.
The resort’s April 1 assertion contradicts a March 31 video deal with from Randall Zúñiga posted to Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Company YouTube account. The assertion claimed {that a} “hazardous atmospheres” group performed exams within the room his household was staying in on the resort and located excessive ranges of the gasoline.
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“At the moment, excessive ranges of carbon monoxide contamination had been detected in that room. Which then leads us to a line of investigation through which it seems that this individual could have died from inhaling these very harmful gases,” Zúñiga stated.
The hearth division and the Ministry of Well being had been additionally notified concerning the subject, in line with the official. “We even have to attend for the ultimate outcomes of the forensic toxicology, which can decide precisely what induced the loss of life of this younger man,” stated Zúniga.
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After the Judicial Investigation Company’s report got here out on March 31, Cohen stated the corporate is “heartbroken by the tragic loss” of Miller. “We’re diligently cooperating with the Costa Rican judicial authorities, who’ve taken over the investigation. We belief that the forensic course of will objectively, clearly, and conclusively make clear the causes of this unlucky incident,” she continued.
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“Out of respect for the continued judicial course of and the household’s privateness, we are going to chorus from commenting on any unconfirmed hypotheses or potential causes.”
Brett, a longtime outfielder for the New York Yankees, and his spouse Jessica shared an obituary on March 31 for Miller.
“The void Miller’s passing leaves within the hearts of his household, buddies, teammates, academics, coaches and others shall be felt for years,” the Gardners stated within the obituary, including that their household will “endlessly cherish the locations they visited, the individuals they met, the buddies they made, and the reminiscences they created collectively.”
“On this time of unimaginable loss, the household prays that pleasure and therapeutic will come to others who share their grief,” they added.
