A
Costa
Rican
official
provides
multiple
major
updates.

The
day
after
the
resort
where
the
Gardner
family
was
staying
spoke
out,

Juan
Pablo
Alvarado
Garcia,
a
spokesperson
for
Costa
Rica’s
Judicial
Investigation
Agency
(JIA),
confirmed
that
Miller’s
autopsy
results
will
be
delayed
by
months
due
to
high
crime
in
the
area.

“We’re
having
a
hike
in
homicides
as
these
drug
gangs
battle
for
territory,”

he told



DailyMail.com,
“and
every
one
of
them
needs
an
autopsy.”

He
added,
“I
can
confirm
that
an
autopsy
has
been
carried
out
on
Miller,
but
the
full
analysis
and
results,
as
in
every
one
of
them,
will
take
at
least
two
to
three
months
due
to
these
constant
killings
causing
a
backlog
of
cases.
That’s
the
reality.”

Alvarado
Garcia
did
confirm,
though,
that
there
was
no
indication
Miller’s
death
was
a
result
of
recreational
drugs
or
alcohol.

Though
the
results
will
be
delayed,
the
official
explained
that,
since
“all
the
samples
necessary”
had
been
taken
for
Miller’s
autopsy,
his
body
“can
be
repatriated
to
the
United
States,”
however,
the
Gardner
family

has
been
held
up
by
the
U.S.
Embassy
in
Costa
Rica’s
processing
of
their
request.