Just Hours After ‘Sudden’ Passing of 37-Year-Old ABC Producer, His Wife Was Put Under Arrest

The wife of an ABC producer who died suddenly last month has been arrested in connection with her actions on the night of his ⚰️Death.

Veronica Tejera was charged with two counts of child endangerment, according to Variety.

Dax Tejera, the executive producer for ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” died on Dec. 23 as the result of a heart attack, according to ABC. He was 37.

“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,” ABC President Kim Godwin wrote in a Dec. 24 memo to staff, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

According to Variety, a representative of the New York Police Department said that at about 11 p.m. on the night Dax Tejera died, police received a report there were “unattended 👧Children” at 50 Vanderbilt Ave. in Manhattan.

The address is the location of the Yale Club, a members-only hotel, according to Variety.