Practically six months after the dying of Miller Gardner, the 14-year-old son of former New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner, authorities in Costa Rica on Thursday raided the resort by which the boy was discovered useless, and a prosecutor instructed the investigation may end in a manslaughter case.
In his first media interview concerning the case, prosecutor Kenneth Alvarez advised ESPN on a video name that the three-hour raid on the Arenas Del Mar Beachfront & Rainforest Resort in Manuel Antonio was to gather further proof associated to what an post-mortem decided to be Miller Gardner’s carbon monoxide dying. It was the primary formal search of the resort since authorities went to the resort per week after the dying.
“Allow us to do not forget that what was accomplished at the moment was the measurement of poisonous substances on the web site,” Alvarez advised ESPN. “Based mostly on these checks, a second continuing was scheduled, which was carried out right now to gather proof.”
With tv cameras ready on the resort entrance, three pickup vans carrying brokers from Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Division (OIJ) arrived to conduct the raid.
Alvarez, who has stated the investigation facilities on the potential allegations of manslaughter, advised ESPN that authorities searched the workplaces of administration, upkeep and accounting, retrieving bodily and digital proof. The prosecutor additionally stated that a number of members of the resort employees have been interviewed and “have all the time proven themselves to be collaborative.” There have been no arrests or costs within the case.
Brett Gardner couldn’t be reached for remark Thursday, and a consultant from the Yankees didn’t instantly reply.
Alvarez stated Public Ministry officers have had “fixed contact with the legal professionals that the Gardner household employed in Costa Rica.”
“They knew concerning the operation, and we’ve remained in communication,” he stated.
He added that authorities have coordinated with an FBI attaché in Costa Rica to assist “information the preliminary investigation and be taught a bit concerning the profile of the individuals.”
Miller Gardner died March 21 on the Costa Rican resort the place he was staying along with his household. Brett Gardner and his spouse, Jessica, introduced their youngest son’s dying two days later in an announcement launched by the Yankees. In accordance with the assertion, Miller Gardner fell sick together with a number of different relations whereas on trip.
Two days after that assertion, a consultant from the OIJ advised ESPN that Miller Gardner and relations had “gone to eat at a restaurant and that the meals had made them sick.” In that interview, the spokesperson stated the OIJ thought-about asphyxiation earlier than ruling it out. The OIJ later confirmed to ESPN by textual content message that investigators believed the dying to be unintentional quite than the results of foul play.
On April 2, authorities stated the dying was brought on by carbon monoxide, which could have emanated from an adjoining “machine room.” In June, a consultant from the prosecutor’s workplace advised ESPN that the case remained beneath investigation and that prosecutors sought “to find out whether or not the reason for dying was a murder or not, and, in that case, to determine accountability.”
Miller Gardner performed highschool soccer in South Carolina and wore No. 11, which his father donned throughout 14 MLB seasons, all with the Yankees. Brett Gardner, a preferred crew chief, was a member of New York’s 2009 championship crew and retired in 2021.
Freelance journalist Victor Fernández Gutiérrez contributed to this report.
