The youngest son of former New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner and his spouse, Jessica, who died after getting sick throughout a household trip, did not die of meals intoxication asphyxiation as beforehand thought, Costa Rican officers stated in an replace Tuesday.
Miller Gardner died in his sleep Friday morning, based on an announcement from the couple. He was 14.
A day after making the unique pronouncement, that Gardner asphyxiated after falling ailing from consuming one thing, Costa Rican authorities say additional forensic investigation dominated asphyxia out as a doable reason for demise.
“It was preliminarily ruled out that the cause of death was due to asphyxia, due to the fact that at the time of the inspection of the body, no anomaly was observed at macro-level in the respiratory tract,” Juan Pablo Alvarado Garcia, with Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Company, stated Tuesday.
Totally different samples have been despatched for additional testing, although outcomes might take two to a few months because of backlog and a rise in registered homicides.
The Gardners have stated they “have so many questions and so few answers at this point.”
“Miller was a beloved son and brother and we cannot yet comprehend our life without his infectious smile,” Jessica and Brett Gardner said in the release. “He loved football, baseball, golf, hunting, fishing, his family and his friends. He lived life to the fullest every single day.”
The Yankees stated the group was “filled with grief.”
“Words feel insignificant and insufficient in trying to describe such an unimaginable loss,” the workforce stated in its assertion. “It wasn’t simply Brett who actually grew up on this group for greater than 17 years — so did his spouse, Jessica, and their two boys, Hunter and Miller.”
Brett Gardner, 41, was drafted by the Yankees in 2005 and spent his total huge league profession with the group. The speedy outfielder batted .256 with 139 homers, 578 RBIs, 274 steals and 73 triples in 14 seasons from 2008-2021.
