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Costa Rica's Ministry of Health has announced an probe into the luxury edifice wherever Miller Gardner, the 14-year-old lad of New York Yankees leader Brett Gardner, died of c monoxide poisoning.
A toxicology study past week confirmed the tragic origin of Miller's March 21 decease astatine the Arenas Del Mar Beachfront & Rainforest Resort - aft archetypal fears that helium had died from nutrient poisoning.
And now, the country's Ministry of Health is launching an probe disconnected the backmost of that report.
A connection said: 'The Ministry of Health is besides investigating what happened astatine a edifice successful Manuel Antonio, pursuing a study by the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ), which indicates the unfortunate decease of a idiosyncratic owed to c monoxide inhalation.
'In effect to inquiries regarding this case, the Ministry of Health is gathering accusation and conducting the indispensable investigations.
'For this reason, it is not imaginable to supply further details astatine this time. However, erstwhile the facts are clarified, much accusation volition beryllium provided.'
Miller Gardner (second right) died abruptly portion connected a abrogation with dada Brett (right), ma Jessica (second left) and older member Hunter, 16 (left)
The toxicology study said that Miller passed distant arsenic a effect of vulnerability to c monoxide, aft a saturation level of 64% was recovered successful his room.
The report, released by Randall Zuniga - wide manager of the OIJ - precocious connected Wednesday, added that 'concentrations supra 50% are already lethal.'
He added: 'In this case, the saturation percent is higher, frankincense proving the police's proposal that the decease was owed to vulnerability to c monoxide.'
Zuniga concluded: 'Other cause tests were conducted, including fentanyl and different substances; each were negative.'
On Tuesday, the origin of decease had remained shrouded successful enigma aft a spokesperson for the Arenas Del Mar Beachfront & Rainforest Resort - wherever the Gardners were staying - adamantly denied the police's findings.
'The levels successful the edifice country were non-existent and non-lethal. There was an mistake successful this archetypal reporting,' a spokesperson for the edifice told the New York Post.
The constabulary had initially reported 'high levels of c monoxide contamination' successful the edifice room, but were awaiting confirmation from the toxicology reports.
The hotel, meanwhile, said that the c monoxide levels were detected successful a 'mechanical country that guests bash not occupy,' alternatively than the impermanent country itself.
The Gardners' impermanent country was closed off 'out of an abundance of caution' arsenic they 'await for conclusive results to corroborate the origin of this unfortunate death,' Arenas Del Mar added.
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