Ex-Yankees Player's Son Dies Under Investigation for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Officials in Costa Rica have revised their investigation into the death of the teenage son of former MLB player Brett Gardner, now suspecting that carbon monoxide poisoning may have been the cause rather than "food intoxication" as initially suggested.

Gardner and his wife Jessica announced last month that their 14-year-old son, Miller, had passed away peacefully in his sleep on March 21st after falling ill while on a family vacation in Costa Rica. According to reports, officials initially suspected that Miller died from asphyxiation linked to consuming food that contained toxins.

Zuniga said at a press conference that these are preliminary findings as a final autopsy and toxicology report has not yet been released.

The New York Yankees, where Gardner spent his entire MLB career, issued a statement expressing their grief: "Words feel insignificant and insufficient in trying to describe such an unimaginable loss. It wasn't just Brett who literally grew up in this organization for more than 17 years — so did his wife, Jessica, and their two boys, Hunter and Miller."

Gardner, 41, spent his entire MLB career with the Yankees after being drafted by New York in 2005. Over the course of his career, he would go on to bat .256, with 139 home runs, 578 runs batted in, and 274 stolen bases.