Ex-Yankees star Brett Gardner's son may have died from carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities say

Costa Rican authorities provided an update regarding the probe into the decease of Miller Gardner, the 14-year-old lad of erstwhile New York Yankees subordinate Brett Gardner. 

Costa Rican Judicial Investigative Agency (OIJ) General Director Randall Zúñiga told reporters astatine a property league Monday that "high levels of c monoxide contamination" were recovered successful the family's edifice room, and that mightiness person been the origin of the teen's death. 

"It’s besides important to enactment that adjacent to [the family’s] country determination is simply a specialized instrumentality room, from which it is believed immoderate signifier of contamination whitethorn person reached the impermanent rooms, perchance causing the incident," Zúñiga said successful Spanish, via the New York Post.

Zúñiga added that the OIJ notified some the section occurrence section and the Ministry of Health successful bid for them to "take due enactment regarding this confirmed contamination successful the room," and that the OIJ was moving successful tandem with the FBI successful the U.S. arsenic they "wait for the last results from forensic toxicology."

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New York Yankees' Brett Gardner walks disconnected the tract aft being defeated by the Tampa Bay Rays successful a shot crippled connected Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021 successful New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, File)

The Gardner household was vacationing successful Costa Rica when they announced their tragic loss.

"We person truthful galore questions and truthful fewer answers astatine this point, but we bash cognize that helium passed distant peacefully successful his slumber connected the greeting of Friday, March 21st," the Gardners said successful a statement, which was released by the Yankees.

Brett and his woman Jessica Gardner besides said different household members fell sick connected the vacation.

Early reports suggested that Miller apt died from asphyxiation successful his slumber owed to nutrient poisoning, though that mentation was aboriginal downplayed.

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Miller Gardner and his family. (Courtesy: New York Yankees)

The Gardner household stayed astatine the Arenas Del Mar edifice successful Manuel Antonio and ate astatine an Italian edifice astatine a adjacent edifice connected Thursday. All 4 household members began to consciousness sick by 11 p.m. section clip backmost astatine the installation wherever they were staying.

The Arenas Del Mar edifice called a doc to springiness them medicine to assistance with the tummy issues. The adjacent morning, Miller Gardner was recovered dormant with traces of vomit.

Officials person interviewed the doctor, edifice and edifice employees, and are reviewing information footage.

The Gardner household shared details of the upcoming ceremonial and reflected connected his beingness successful the obituary, which was published successful the Charleston Post and Courier earlier connected Monday. 

"The void Miller's passing leaves successful the hearts of his family, friends, teammates, teachers, coaches and others volition beryllium felt for years. The Gardner household volition everlastingly cherish the places they visited, the radical they met, the friends they made, and the memories they created together," the obituary read.

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A infinitesimal of soundlessness is observed for Miller Gardner, lad of erstwhile New York Yankees subordinate Brett Gardner, earlier the commencement of an opening-day shot crippled betwixt the Yankees and the Milwaukee Brewers astatine Yankee Stadium connected Thursday, March 27, 2025 successful New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

"Miller's clip present with them was little but his tone volition transportation connected everlastingly done those who were impacted by the mode helium lived."

Brett Gardner played for the Yankees from 2008-2021, and was portion of the organization's past World Series title successful 2009. Gardner is 1 of the fewer erstwhile Yankees to person been teammates with Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez, and past Aaron Judge galore years later.

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