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A Louisiana woman has been charged in connection with the death of a young reporter who was in New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl.
Kenner police arrested 48-year-old Danette Colbert as a person of interest in the death of Telemundo sports reporter Adan Manzano.
Manzano, 27, was found deceased in his hotel room in New Orleans on Wednesday, Feb. 5.
According to a police report, obtained by DailyMail.com, Colbert was seen using the deceased reporter’s credit card at several stores in the New Orleans area.
Colbert had a history of drugging and robbing men after meeting them in hotel lobbies and accompanying them to their hotel rooms.
Security footage shows Colbert with Manzano on Wednesday morning when he was last seen alive.
Hours later, Colbert was seen leaving Manzano’s hotel, according to investigators. Manzano was ultimately found deceased in his hotel room. Authorities say there were no signs of obvious trauma to Manzano’s body.
Tragically, Manzano’s wife Ashleigh died last April in a car crash that also seriously injured their infant daughter. The accident occurred in Topeka, Kansas, where the family lived, according to WIBW.
Manzano, a native of Mexico, paid tribute to his wife in a post on Instagram.
Colbert was previously arrested in January 2022 for allegedly drugging a man and stealing $50,000 from him on the Las Vegas Strip. Colbert denied drugging the man, but she was later charged for similar crimes in Nevada. The victims in those cases survived their reported drugging.
