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Officials said in April that Brett Gardner’s 14-year-old son, Miller, was caused by carbon monoxide, but the authorities are still investigating whether it was a murder.
The Gardner family announced Miller’s death on March 23, two days after he was dead. Officials issued the cause of death on April 3, after examining both food poisoning and suffocation.
However, according to ESPN, a spokesman for the Costa Rica prosecutor who handles the case, the case stays under investigation, and prosecutors still decide whether the death will be a murder.
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Brett Gardner, Left, and his son, Miller Gardner. (With the permission of New York Yankees)
“The purpose of the investigation is precisely to determine whether we are dealing with a possible murder or not. For this reason it is not possible at this time to confirm or rule out that a crime has been committed,” the spokesman said.
Miller was tested for carboxyhemoglobin, a compound generated when carbon monoxide binds to hemoglobin in the blood. The test showed a saturation level of 64%. It is considered deadly when carboxyhemoglobin saturation exceeds 50%.
The Gardner family stayed at Arenas del Mar Hotel in Manuel Antonio.
Several members of the family got sick during the trip, Gardners announced.
New York Yankees’ Brett Gardner goes off the field after being defeated by Tampa Bay Rays in a baseball match on Saturday, October 2, 2021 in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, File)
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“We have so many questions and so few answers at this time, but we know he died peacefully in his sleep on the morning of Friday, March 21,” the family’s statement reads. “Miller was a beloved son and brother, and we are yet to understand our lives without his contagious smile. He loved football, baseball, golf, hunting, fishing, his family and his friends. He lived life to life every single day.”
New York Yankees Center Fielder Brett Gardner, #11, hits a game-binding three-run home drive in the fifth round against Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium. (Wendell Cruz-usa Today Sports)
Gardner was an outfielder for New York Yankees for 14 seasons and was on the team when they won their last World Series title in 2009. He spent his entire career in Bronx last played in 2021.
