His Washington Post wife arrested: ‘It was a poor decision’
Dax and Veronica Tejera and their daughters (Courtesy LinkedIn / Javier Morgado)
By Joe Kovacs
An executive producer for ABC News who “died suddenly” two days before Christmas left his two very young daughters in a hotel room alone as he and his wife, a senior producer for the Washington Post, went out on the town in New York City the night he collapsed in the street.
Dax Tejera, 37, and his wife Veronica left their children, aged five months and two years old, alone at the Yale Club in Manhattan on Dec. 23, according to the Daily Mail.
Veronica, 33, actually traveled inside her husband’s ambulance to the hospital, and she was later arrested by New York police and charged with two counts of “acting in a manner injurious to a child.”
Officials indicate the girls were “left alone inside of a hotel room for an extended period of time.”
The Mail reported: “The Tejeras are thought to have been about a block away from the Yale Club when Dax collapsed in the street and was rushed to the hospital. It remains unclear why the children were left alone and for exactly how long.”
Veronica has since stated: “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.