# 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.
- Title: Woman convicted in Super Bowl reporter's death · CBS News
- Summary: 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…
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- Source: CBS News — https://cbsnews.com/news/danette-colbert-guilty-death-adan-manzano-super-bowl
- Published: 2026-09-18T14:32:28+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: danette colbert, adan manzano, telemundo, kansas city, new orleans, negligent homicide, super bowl, rickey white, louisiana, news
## 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.
## Key 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.