Police Reportedly Charge Wife Of Late TV Producer Dax Tejera With Crime Hours After Husband’s Death

Police reportedly arrested the wife of late ABC producer Dax Tejera after she allegedly endangered the couple’s children following her husband’s death Dec. 23.

Thirty-seven year-old Tejera, the executive producer of “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” died after suffering a heart attack. His wife, Veronica Tejera, traveled with her husband to the hospital via ambulance and left their two-year-old and five-month-old daughters alone in a Manhattan hotel room, the New York Post (NYP) reported.

Heartbroken to learn that my friend @DaxTejera, the executive producer of @ThisWeekABC, died from a heart attack. I first met Dax 15 years ago when he worked for me at the @TODAYshow. He accomplished so much since then. His wife Veronica and daughters are in my thoughts tonight. pic.twitter.com/KJOhOS8vZr

— Javi Morgado (@javimorgado) December 24, 2022

Veronica alleged that after Tejera collapsed, she called her parents and a friend to watch the girls and was monitoring the two children on camera in the meantime, according to the NYP. (RELATED: Producer Of ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Dead At Age 47)

“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,” Veronica reportedly said. “The hotel would not allow my friend in and instead called the NYPD [New York City Police Department].”

“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,” Veronica added, according to the outlet.

Police later charged Veronica with “acting in a manner injurious to a child,” the NYP reported.

Dax Tejera joined ABC News as a senior producer based in Washington, D.C., in 2017. Just before the pandemic began, Tejera started working on Stephanopoulos’ show.