Tests revealed that the room Miller Gardner, 14, the son of former New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner, stayed in while on vacation in Costa Rica had high levels of carbon monoxide, Rándall Zúñiga, the director of Costa Rica's Judicial Investigation Agency, OIJ, said in a statement posted to YouTube on Monday.

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The death of Miller Gardner, the 14-year-old son of former New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner, at a beach resort in Costa Rica is believed to be related to carbon monoxide inhalation, the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) of the Central American country said Monday.

Costa Rican officials said Monday night that the 14-year-old son of former New York Yankees player Brett Gardner may have died from carbon monoxide poisoning.

Miller Gardner, the youngest son of former New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner, died March 21​ at the age of 14 while on vacation with his family.

The 14-year-old son of former New York Yankees star Brett Gardner may have died from carbon monoxide poisoning, Costa Rican investigators said Monday in another twist to the tragedy. Tests conducted in a hotel room where the Gardners stayed during their vacation last month showed “high emissions of carbon monoxide contamination,

The Costa Rica resort where former Yankees star Brett Gardner and his family were vacationing has denied that there was carbon monoxide in the room his teenage son stayed in after local authorities suspected it led to his death.