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New York Times
18-03-2025
- New York Times
Woman Charged With Murder in Telemundo Reporter's Death
A Louisiana woman accused in a string of druggings of men whom she defrauded was charged on Tuesday with second-degree murder in the death of Adan Manzano, a Telemundo reporter whose body was found in a New Orleans hotel room in February while he was in town to cover the Super Bowl. The woman, Danette Colbert, 48, was the last person to be seen with Mr. Manzano before his death on Feb. 5, security camera footage from his hotel showed. She was arrested the next day by the police in Kenner, La., and initially charged with the theft of his cellphone and one of his credit cards, which the authorities said she had used to make several purchases. Mr. Manzano, 27, died from the combined toxic effects of the prescription drug Xanax and alcohol, in addition to positional asphyxia, which is when someone's physical position prevents them from breathing, according to the results of a preliminary autopsy that were released during a news conference on Tuesday. His manner of death still has not been determined, said Dr. Gerry Cvitanovich, the Jefferson Parish coroner. He said that Mr. Manzano, who had been slated to cover his third straight Super Bowl, had been found with his head face down in a pillow and that his blood-alcohol content was .232 percent, which is nearly four times the legal driving limit. 'We don't want Ms. Colbert to see the light of day again,' Keith Conley, the Kenner police chief, said during the news conference. He declined to elaborate on the murder investigation. John Fuller, a lawyer for Ms. Colbert, who lives in Slidell, La., did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday. Ms. Colbert was on probation at the time of Mr. Manzano's death and was serving a 10-year suspended sentence in connection with the 2021 drugging of another man. She was convicted of multiple felonies in that case last October and was ordered to pay the man $50,000 in restitution for money that she had stolen from him. But the decision not to impose a prison sentence on Ms. Colbert, who court records show has a lengthy criminal history, has been intensely criticized in the weeks since Mr. Manzano's death. Representatives for the judge in the earlier case, Nandi F. Campbell of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Keith D. Lampkin, a spokesman for the Orleans Parish district attorney's office, which handled the case, said in a recent email that, after Mr. Manzano's death, prosecutors filed a motion to revoke Ms. Colbert's probation sentence. Liz Murrill, Louisiana's attorney general, has argued that Ms. Colbert should not have received probation and asked Judge Campbell to resentence her under the state's repeat offender law. Mr. Manzano was a sports anchor and reporter for KGKC, the Kansas City affiliate of the Spanish-language network Telemundo, which called him a 'rising star' in a post on its website and on social media. He was in New Orleans covering Super Bowl LIX for the station and for Tico Sports, which carries Kansas City Chiefs games in Spanish. The Chiefs lost 40-22 to the Philadelphia Eagles, denying them their third consecutive championship. A profile before last year's game by the NBC television station KSNT said that Mr. Manzano, a Mexico City native and Kansas State University graduate, had covered the Chiefs' victory the previous year. He lived in Topeka, Kan., according to the station. Mr. Manzano told the station that he was proud of his role expanding the Spanish-speaking audience for football games. 'Styles, cultures, they get their own culture,' he said. 'The phrasing, the rhythm, the tone of voice that you use — the moment of the game.' In one of his final Facebook posts, on Jan. 6, Mr. Manzano shared a photo of himself and his wife, Ashleigh Boyd, celebrating their daughter's first birthday. Ms. Boyd, 24, an elementary school teacher, was killed in April 2024 in a head-on crash in Kansas that also injured the couple's daughter.
Yahoo
14-03-2025
- Yahoo
'Bourbon Street Hustler,' arrested after Kansas City reporter death, needs resentencing for fraud history: AG
Louisiana's attorney general has stepped in to seek a harsher sentence for past crimes committed by a woman who was arrested after the death of a Kansas City-based Telemundo reporter during Super Bowl week in New Orleans. Danette Colbert was arrested in Jefferson Parish in February and charged with fraud and theft for allegedly using debit and credit cards belonging to Adan Manzano, who was found dead in his hotel room outside New Orleans while covering the Super Bowl for Dallas' local Telemundo affiliate KGKC. The Orleans Parish Coroner reportedly found Xanax in Manzano's system. He did not have a prescription for the medication. Colbert was allegedly seen on hotel security footage with Manzano early in the morning of his death in Kenner, leading to suspicion that he was drugged. Super Bowl Reporter Dead In Louisiana Hotel Had Xanax In System After 'Bourbon Street Hustler' Meetup: Police Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has invoked the state's habitual offender bill against Colbert, which could allow her to be sentenced to more jail time for a fraud charge she was convicted of in November. Read On The Fox News App Colbert, 45, is a five-time convicted felon, reported. Despite her lengthy criminal history, Orleans Criminal District Court Judge Nandi Campbell gave Colbert a 10-year suspended prison sentence and five years of probation after the November conviction. New Orleans 'Bourbon Street Hustler' Suspect In Supper Bowl Reporter's Death May Be Tied To 2Nd Fatality: Police The habitual offender bill allows prosecutors to seek longer sentences for repeat offenders who have previously been convicted of eligible crimes. "After consultation with Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams, my office will be handling the case going forward due to the cross jurisdictional conduct," Murrill said in a statement. "A motion to correct an illegal sentence can be filed at any time. The District Attorney's Office has already filed a revocation on the defendant's probation, and our position is the original sentence was not eligible for probation." Colbert has not been charged in Manzano's death, but is being held without bond while Murrill's office asks Campbell to impose a harsher sentence. Louisiana Hotel Surveillance Shows Super Bowl Reporter With 'Bourbon Street Hustler' Just Before Death reported that just days after the fraud and theft charges were levied against Colbert in Manzano's death, she was named as a suspect in the Dec. 15 death of a 55-year-old man named John Jenkins, who died from cocaine and an ethanol toxicity in a New Orleans hotel room. Colbert has not been charged in that death either. Upon the news of his death, KGKC described Manzano as a "true professional and rising star who exemplified excellence in his work." "We will deeply miss Adam and his passion for sports and the contributions he made to the local community," the station said. "Our thoughts and deepest condolences go out to his family and loved ones during this difficult time." Fox News Digital reached out to Colbert's attorney and Williams' article source: 'Bourbon Street Hustler,' arrested after Kansas City reporter death, needs resentencing for fraud history: AG
Fox News
14-03-2025
- Fox News
'Bourbon Street Hustler,' arrested after Kansas City reporter death, needs resentencing for fraud history: AG
Louisiana's attorney general has stepped in to seek a harsher sentence for past crimes committed by a woman who was arrested after the death of a Kansas City-based Telemundo reporter during Super Bowl week in New Orleans. Danette Colbert was arrested in Jefferson Parish in February and charged with fraud and theft for allegedly using debit and credit cards belonging to Adan Manzano, who was found dead in his hotel room outside New Orleans while covering the Super Bowl for Dallas' local Telemundo affiliate KGKC. The Orleans Parish Coroner reportedly found Xanax in Manzano's system. He did not have a prescription for the medication. Colbert was allegedly seen on hotel security footage with Manzano early in the morning of his death in Kenner, leading to suspicion that he was drugged. Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has invoked the state's habitual offender bill against Colbert, which could allow her to be sentenced to more jail time for a fraud charge she was convicted of in November. Colbert, 45, is a five-time convicted felon, reported. Despite her lengthy criminal history, Orleans Criminal District Court Judge Nandi Campbell gave Colbert a 10-year suspended prison sentence and five years of probation after the November conviction. The habitual offender bill allows prosecutors to seek longer sentences for repeat offenders who have previously been convicted of eligible crimes. "After consultation with Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams, my office will be handling the case going forward due to the cross jurisdictional conduct," Murrill said in a statement. "A motion to correct an illegal sentence can be filed at any time. The District Attorney's Office has already filed a revocation on the defendant's probation, and our position is the original sentence was not eligible for probation." Colbert has not been charged in Manzano's death, but is being held without bond while Murrill's office asks Campbell to impose a harsher sentence. reported that just days after the fraud and theft charges were levied against Colbert in Manzano's death, she was named as a suspect in the Dec. 15 death of a 55-year-old man named John Jenkins, who died from cocaine and an ethanol toxicity in a New Orleans hotel room. Colbert has not been charged in that death either. Upon the news of his death, KGKC described Manzano as a "true professional and rising star who exemplified excellence in his work." "We will deeply miss Adam and his passion for sports and the contributions he made to the local community," the station said. "Our thoughts and deepest condolences go out to his family and loved ones during this difficult time." Fox News Digital reached out to Colbert's attorney and Williams' office.
CBS News
07-02-2025
- CBS News
Woman arrested after sports reporter dies while covering Super Bowl in New Orleans
A Kansas City sports anchor and reporter died on Wednesday while he was on assignment covering the Super Bowl, KGKC Telemundo Kansas City said. A Louisiana woman has since been arrested in connection with his death, after surveillance video showed her leaving his hotel room, police said. Adan Manzano was covering the NFL championship game, which is taking place this Sunday in New Orleans, for both Telemundo Kansas City and Tico Sports, KGKC said in a statement. The station did not list a cause of death and said it is cooperating with law enforcement while they investigate. "As KGKC's Sports Anchor & Reporter, Adan was a true professional and a rising star, who exemplified excellence in his work," KGKC said. "We will deeply miss Adan and his passion for sports, and the contributions he made to the local community." CBS affiliate WWL Louisiana reported that Manzano was 27. A woman, Danette Colbert, was arrested Thursday, and Manzano's credit card and cell phone — which had gone missing from the hotel room where he had been staying — were found in her residence in Slidell, Kenner Police Chief Keith Conley said at a news conference Friday. Surveillance video from the hotel where Manzano was staying — a Comfort Suites in Kenner, near New Orleans —showed Colbert entering Manzano's hotel room with him on the morning of Feb. 5. and later leaving the room alone, Conley said. Colbert's criminal history involves two instances of drugging a victim and theft, Conley noted. "Right now, the only crimes we have are property crimes," Conley said, although he noted that further evidence could lead to upgraded charges. Local outlets reported that Manzano's wife, Ashleigh Boyd, who was a teacher, was killed in a car crash last April. The couple leaves behind their 2-year-old daughter, WWL reported.
Fox News
07-02-2025
- Fox News
Police arrest woman after death of 'rising star' reporter Adan Manzano during Super Bowl week
A Louisiana woman was arrested after the death of Adan Manzano, a Kansas City-based sports reporter on assignment in New Orleans for the Super Bowl. Danette Colbert allegedly used Manzano's credit card multiple times throughout New Orleans. She faces multiple property crime charges, including fraud and theft-related offenses, police said. Her arrest record includes allegations of theft, among other suspected criminal acts. An investigation is ongoing. Manzano traveled to New Orleans to provide coverage for KGKC, Kansas City's Telemundo affiliate, and Tico Sports. Steve Downing, the general manager of KGKC, said Manzano's body was found inside his hotel room Wednesday night. A cause of death was not immediately provided. KGKC released a statement offering condolences to Manzano's loved ones. Telemundo Kansas City also confirmed its cooperation with authorities in a statement posted to its social media platform. "Adan was a true professional and a rising star, who exemplified excellence in his work. We will deeply miss Adan and his passion for sports, and the contributions he made to the local community," Telemundo 39's statement says. "Our thoughts and heartfelt condolences go out to his family and loved ones during this difficult time." Manzano's wife, Ashleigh Boyd, died in a car crash last year in Kansas. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
