There is a major update in the tragic death of Miller Gardner.
One day after Yankees alum Brett Gardner and his wife Jessica Gardner announced the sudden loss of their 14-year-old son, Costa Rican officials shared his preliminary cause of death.
The country’s Judicial Investigation Agency said he likely died from suffocation after possibly ingesting a toxic substance.
“Preliminarily, apparently the manner of death would be by asphyxia after a possible intoxication after apparently ingesting some food,” an Organismo de Investigación Judicial spokesperson told NBC News in a March 24 statement translated from Spanish. “At the moment it is a death under investigation and is awaiting the results of the autopsy, as well as the analysis of the Toxicology Section, to determine the exact cause of death.”
The organization said the autopsy results could take two to three months.
The former MLB player—who also shares son Hunter, 16, with Jessica—shared the news of Miller’s passing on March 23, saying the teen died “peacefully in his sleep.”
