ABC Exec’s Wife Arrested Just Hours After His ‘Sudden’ Death at Age 37

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ABC News executive producer Dax Tejera died of a heart attack at the age of just 37.

Tejera was a healthy, young man when his sudden death occurred. He was an Ivy League graduate of Dartmouth College and produced ABC’s Sunday show “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.”

Just hours after his death, his wife Veronica Tejera was arrested on charges of “acting in a manner injurious to a child.”

Veronica received a ticket and was ordered to show up in court on the charges at a later date.

Explaining what happened, Veronica said that she went with her husband to the hospital after he collapsed.

She says that she arranged for someone to be with the children.

Veronica said, “I asked both a close friend and my parents to rush to my children’s hotel room to attend to them as I monitored them by the camera.”

She continued, “The hotel would not allow my friend in and instead called the NYPD.”

She added, “We had two cameras on my children as they slept, and I monitored them closely while I was away from them.”

“While the girls were unharmed, I realize that it was a poor decision.”

“My family and I are devastated by Dax’s sudden passing. He has left behind a heartbroken family, and two daughters he loved with all his heart.”

“Our family has suffered a terrible tragedy. I respectfully ask for privacy while my children and I mourn Dax’s death,” she concluded.

ABC President Kim Godwin wrote to staff, “It’s with a heavy heart and great sadness that we share that our friend and colleague, Dax Tejera, passed away suddenly of a heart attack last night.”

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A representative from the New York Police Department said that on the night Dax Tejera died, they received a report that there were “unattended children” at 50 Vanderbilt Ave. in Manhattan.

The New York Police Department said it was later “revealed that a 2-year-old female and a 5-month-old female were left alone inside of a hotel room for an extended period of time.”