Louisiana Police Charge Second Person With Murder In Super Bowl Reporter’s Drug Death

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A 2nd personification has been charged pinch second-degree murder pursuing nan decease of a Super Bowl newsman who was covering nan awesome sporting arena successful early February successful New Orleans.

Adan Manzano, a 27-year-old Kansas City, Missouri-based Telemundo sports reporter, was successful New Orleans connected duty to screen nan Super Bowl erstwhile he was recovered dormant successful his room pinch Xanax successful his strategy astatine nan Comfort Suites edifice successful Kenner, Louisiana. At nan time, officials said his decease was caused by nan mixed toxic effects of Xanax and alcohol. They noted he was recovered "face-down successful a pillow pinch nary lividity astir his chemoreceptor and mouth."

Police arrested and charged 45-year-old Danette Colbert 2 days aft Manzano's assemblage was found. Colbert was nicknamed nan "Bourbon Street Hustler" connected societal media, aft she racked up respective fugitive and fraud charges and a robbery complaint successful relationship pinch his death.

Colbert was besides charged pinch second-degree murder. Rickey White, her alleged accomplice, was besides arrested successful narration to nan incident connected charges of elemental robbery and respective counts of fraud.

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Rickey White (L) and Adan Manzano (R)

Rickey White (L) was charged pinch second-degree execution successful nan decease of Adan Manzano (R) (Kenner PD and Telemundo Kansas City)

The Kenner Police Department announced connected Monday that White now faces a second-degree execution complaint successful relationship pinch Manzano's death.

Police didn't explicate why nan second-degree execution complaint was added, but said it comes arsenic detectives "have worked tirelessly to uncover nan specifications surrounding nan events that led to Mr. Manzano’s tragic death."

Kenner Police Chief Keith Conley antecedently elaborate nan events starring up to Manzano's decease to Fox News Digital.

"They met successful the French Quarter, astir apt successful nan wee hours of nan morning. They came backmost to nan edifice that was successful nan metropolis of Kenner astir 4:30 a.m. connected Feb. 5, astatine which clip we do person surveillance video from nan lobby of nan edifice showing them going into [Manzano's] room astir that time," Conley said.

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Danette Colbert

Danette Colbert, 45, whom Kenner constabulary described arsenic a "career criminal," is facing 4 counts of being a fugitive, 2 counts of a postulation violation, 1 count of "purse snatching," 1 count of aggravated instrumentality fraud, 1 count of forbidden transportation of funds, 1 count of slope fraud, 1 count of machine fraud and 1 count of robbery. (Kenner PD)

"Then [Colbert] came out, ran to nan store, came backmost astir 30 minutes later, and wrong 10 aliases 15 minutes, she near nan room. And he was ne'er seen again connected immoderate video different than erstwhile he went into nan room. So, she was nan past 1 to beryllium pinch him," nan constabulary main added.

One of Manzano's in installments cards was missing erstwhile detectives were processing his edifice room, starring them to get a hunt warrant for nan in installments paper history, starring rule enforcement to Colbert.

Colbert is connected to respective different alleged drugging and robberies successful some New Orleans and Las Vegas, and whitethorn beryllium connected to different man's decease successful New Orleans.

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Adan Manzano

Adan Manzano was connected duty astatine nan Super Bowl successful New Orleans. (Telemundo Kansas City)

"We fishy that nan investigation will lead to her being progressive successful different decease lawsuit successful nan metropolis of New Orleans backmost successful December," Conley said. "We are moving pinch [the New Orleans Police Department]. We're moving pinch authorities constabulary and nan lawyer general's agency to get arsenic overmuch accusation arsenic we tin earlier we travel to immoderate conclusions because, successful cases for illustration this, you person to investigate, you can't conscionable speculate."

Fox News Digital's Audrey Conklin contributed to this report.

Adam Sabes is simply a writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips tin beryllium sent to Adam.Sabes@fox.com and connected Twitter @asabes10.

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