ABC News Producer Dax Tejera's Widow Speaks Out After She Was Arrested Just Hours Following His Death

Dax Tejera tragically passed away on the night of December 23 and his wife Veronica Tejera was arrested just hours later.

The ABC News executive producer suffered a fatal heart attack and died suddenly. Just hours later, Veronica was booked on two counts of “acting in a manner injurious to a child,” according to Variety.

Dax and Veronica‘s two young children were reportedly left unattended inside a hotel room at the members-only hotel The Yale Club in New York City. The police said that their preliminary investigation “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.”

Veronica has since released a statement in response to her arrest.

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“When Dax collapsed on December 23rd, I accompanied him in an ambulance to the hospital. 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 camera. The hotel would not allow my friend in and instead called the NYPD,” Veronica said in a statement provided to the New York Post.

She continued, “We had two cameras trained on my children as they slept, and I monitored them closely in the time I was away from them. While the girls were unharmed, I realize that it was a poor decision.”

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

Veronica will have to appear in Manhattan Criminal Court on January 12.