Louisiana was accused of a series of drugs of men she was cheating on Tuesday was accused of murdering the second grade at Adan Manzan’s death, Telemundo reporter whose body was found in the hotel room in New Orleans in February while he was in the city to cover Super Bowl.
The woman, Danette Colbert, 48, was the last person to see Mr. Manzan before his death on February 5, showed shots of the security camera from his hotel. Was The next day arrested Police in Kenner, La., and initially accused of theft of his mobile phone and one of his credit cards, which the authorities have used for several purchases.
Mr. Manzano, 27, died of the combined toxic effects of the Xanax and alcohol and alcohol drug, except for the position of asphyxia, which is when someone prevents them from breathing, according to the results of a preliminary autopsy that was released on Tuesday’s news conference.
His way of death was still not intended, said Dr. Gerry Cvitanovich, Jefferson parish coroner. He said that Mr. Manzano, who was designed to cover his third straight Super Bowl, was found with his head face down in the pillow and that his blood alcohol content was 0.232 percent, which is almost four times the legal limit.
“We don’t want Mrs. Colbert to see daylight again,” said Keith Conley, head of police Kenner, during a press conference. He refused to work out in the investigation of the murder.
John Fuller, lawyer Mrs. Colbert, who lives in Slidell, La., Did not answer the request for commentary on Tuesday.
At the time of Mr. Manzan’s death, Mrs. Colbert was a ten -year sentence at the time of the death of Mr. Manzan and in connection with another man from 2021. In this case, in this case, she was convicted of several crimes and was ordered to pay a man $ 50,000 for restitution for the money she had stolen.
The decision not to make a prison sentence, who shows the court, has a lengthy criminal history, but has been intensively criticized in weeks since Mr. Manzan’s death.
Representatives of the judge in the earlier case Nandi F. Campbell of Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, did not respond immediately to requests for comment.
Keith D. Lampkin, spokesman of the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office, who was dealing with this case, said in the recent e -mail that after Mr. Manzan’s death, prosecutors filed a proposal to cancel the probation sentence of Mrs. Colbert.
Liz Murrill, General Prosecutor Louisiana, claimed that Mrs. Colbert should not be received by probation And Judge Campbell asked to hate it under the State Act on the repeated perpetrator.
Mr. Manzano was a sports anchor and reporter for KGKC, a Kansas City branch in the Spanish TELEMUNDO network that called him a “rising star” Post on its website And on social media. He was in New Orleans covering Super Bowl Lix for Station and Tico Sports, which bears in the Spanish game Kansas City Chiefs. The chiefs lost 40-22 at Philadelphia Eagles and denied their third consecutive championship.
Profile before last year’s game from NBC KSNT TV station He said that Mr. Manzano, a native of Mexico and a graduate of the University of Kansas, covered the victory of the chiefs in the previous year. According to the station lived in Topka in Kan. Mr. Manzano told the station that he was proud that his role was expanding the Spanish -speaking audience for football games.
“Styles, cultures, gain their own culture,” he said. “Phrase, rhythm, tone of voice you use – moment of game.”
In one of his last Facebook posts, January 6, Mr. Manzano shared a photo of himself and his wife Ashleigh Boyd, who celebrated her daughter’s first birthday. Mrs. Boyd, 24 years old, a primary school teacher, was killed in April 2024 in a crash in Kansas, who also injured the daughter of the couple.
