Costa Rica Lodge Refutes Brett Gardner’s Son Died of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

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 demise.

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 have been in a mechanical room that visitors don’t occupy. The degrees within the lodge room have been non-existent and non-lethal. There was an error on this preliminary reporting,” lodge spokesperson Dana Cohen mentioned. “As talked about, we await for conclusive outcomes to verify the reason for this unlucky demise.”

The New York Put up was first to report the information.

Miller fell ailing 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 tackle from Randall Zúñiga posted to Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Company YouTube account. The assertion claimed {that a} “hazardous atmospheres” workforce performed checks within the room his household was staying in on the resort and located excessive ranges of the gasoline.

“At the moment, excessive ranges of carbon monoxide contamination have been detected in that room. Which then leads us to a line of investigation during which it seems that this particular person might have died from inhaling these very harmful gases,” Zúñiga mentioned.

The hearth division and the Ministry of Well being have been additionally notified in regards to the subject, in accordance with the official. “We even have to attend for the ultimate outcomes of the forensic toxicology, which is able to decide precisely what induced the demise of this younger man,” mentioned Zúniga.

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After the Judicial Investigation Company’s report got here out on March 31, Cohen mentioned 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.

“Out of respect for the continuing judicial course of and the household’s privateness, we are going to chorus from commenting on any unconfirmed hypotheses or doable 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, associates, teammates, lecturers, coaches and others will likely be felt for years,” the Gardners mentioned within the obituary, including that their household will “ceaselessly cherish the locations they visited, the individuals they met, the chums they made, and the recollections 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.