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Woman convicted in Super Bowl reporter's death
A Louisiana jury found Danette Colbert guilty of negligent homicide in the death of Telemundo reporter Adan Manzano, who died during a Super Bowl assignment in New Orleans.
In brief
A Louisiana jury found Danette Colbert guilty of negligent homicide in the death of Telemundo reporter Adan Manzano, who died during a Super Bowl assignment in New Orleans. Danette Colbert was convicted of negligent homicide in the death of Kansas City Telemundo reporter Adan Manzano, who died in New Orleans while…
Reporter found dead in New Orleans
Adan Manzano, a twenty-seven-year-old Telemundo reporter based in Kansas City, Missouri, was found dead in his hotel room in Kenner on February fifth while covering the Super Bowl.
Cause of death revealed
An autopsy showed Manzano died lying face down on a pillow, unable to breathe after ingesting a combination of alcohol and the depressant Xanax.
Woman convicted of negligent homicide
A Louisiana jury convicted Danette Colbert, forty-nine, of negligent homicide on Thursday. Colbert was the last person seen leaving Manzano's hotel room.
Criminal enterprise targeting victims
Colbert and her accomplice Rickey White, thirty-five, spent years luring victims in New Orleans' French Quarter with promises of sex, then used drugs to knock them out and drain their bank accounts.
Colbert convicted of racketeering too
Colbert was also convicted of racketeering, which carries up to a fifty-year sentence in Louisiana. White was found not guilty of manslaughter but was convicted of racketeering.
Sentencing set for late September
Colbert's negligent homicide conviction carries a maximum sentence of ten years. She and White are scheduled to be sentenced in late September by the Jefferson Parish court.
The takeaway
Danette Colbert was convicted of negligent homicide in the death of Kansas City Telemundo reporter Adan Manzano, who died in New Orleans while covering the Super Bowl.
