The inhalation of carbon monoxide from hotel machinery is the main hypothesis being pursued by the Costa Rican authorities to clarify the death of Miller Gardner, son of former New York Yankees player Brett Gardner.
“High emissions of carbon monoxide pollution were detected in the room, which leads us to the line of investigation that it seems that this person may have died from inhaling these dangerous gases,” said the director of the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ), Randall Zuniga.
The 14-year-old died on March 21 at a beach hotel in the town of Manuel Antonio, Puntarenas province, one of Costa Rica’s main tourist areas, where he was vacationing with his family.
The director of the OIJ assured that the line of investigation in the case is “quite clear“, after last Friday specialized teams from Costa Rica, in coordination with the FBI, carried out tests in the hotel room.
These tests detected 600 parts per million of carbon monoxide, a gas that should not be inhaled in any quantity, Zuniga said.
“Adjacent to the room there is a specialized machine room and it is believed that there is some kind of contamination towards the rooms,” Zuniga explained.
The director of the OIJ said that it is necessary to wait for the final results of forensic toxicology to be ready to determine with certainty the cause of death and establish the respective responsibilities.
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