Dax Tejera

Tejera, 37, was stricken on Dec. 23 from “asphyxia due to obstruction of airway by food bolus complicating acute alcohol intoxication,” the New York City Office ...

A staffer at Bobby Van’s restaurant said Tejera appeared unwell at the table and a waiter followed the producer as he walked out the front door, [the New York Post reported](https://nypost.com/2023/02/08/abc-producer-dax-tejera-choked-to-death-while-drunk/). He “had big plans and big dreams that were just beginning to be fulfilled,” co-anchor Jonathan Karl [said in December](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-producer-dax-tejera-died-37-remembered-champion/story?id=96042557). She said she was monitoring the children via a camera. [acting in a manner injurious to a child](https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/dax-tejers-wife-arrested-child-endangerment-1235476583/)” because the Tejeras [left the children unattended](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/abc-news-dax-tejera-wife-criminally-charged_n_63b59217e4b0fe267cac8186) in their Manhattan hotel room while dining out. [told the outlet.](https://people.com/tv/dax-tejera-cause-of-death-revealed/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab&mibextid=Zxz2cZ) [ABC News producer Dax Tejera](https://www.huffpost.com/topic/dax-tejera) died in December from choking on food while intoxicated ― not from a heart attack as originally reported, officials [told People](https://people.com/tv/dax-tejera-cause-of-death-revealed/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab&mibextid=Zxz2cZ) on Wednesday.

Shortly after Mr Tejera was pronounced dead, New York Police Department officers arrested Ms Tejera for child endangerment for leaving the children in the room.

The initial announcement that Mr Tejera had died suddenly of a heart attack sparked conspiracy theories in some corners of the internet, where people claimed without evidence that his death was connected to a Covid-19 vaccine. The children were unharmed, and left the hotel room with their grandmother shortly after Mr Tejera collapsed. The couple were in New York to celebrate the holidays, and were staying at the exclusive club reserved for alumni of Yale University.

Unanswered questions that remain following drunk ABC producer's choking death outside NYC restaurant - including: Will his wife face charges for leaving kids ...

Veronica was arrested by police for 'acting in a manner injurious to a child' She said they were monitoring the children using a camera. Her profile states that her achievements there include producing an interview with President Joe Biden on The Lead with Jake Tapper. Pictured left: the entrance to the steakhouse. The official cause was 'asphyxia due to obstruction of airway by food bolus complicating acute alcohol intoxication'. Veronica Tejera, who had traveled in an ambulance with her husband to New York's Bellevue Hospital, was placed under arrest at about 12.20pm. The NYPD called ABC's New York office on the night of Tejera's death and informed his colleagues The NYPD declined to offer further information. It's not clear whether she has appeared in court over the incident. Tejera collapsed outside the restaurant and died, hours before his wife was arrested on charges of child endangerment It remains unclear who the Tejeras were with during the dinner. It is also not clear why the NYPD decided to contact Tejera's employer so soon after he died or if his wife had requested they do so.