Louisiana police announce update in 'Bourbon Street Hustler' case after Super Bowl reporter's drug death

Louisiana constabulary connected Tuesday are announcing an update successful the Feb. 5 decease of a Super Bowl reporter's cause decease successful a suburb of New Orleans.

Adan Manzano, a 27-year-old Telemundo sports newsman based successful Kansas City, Missouri, traveled to New Orleans connected duty to screen the Super Bowl successful February and was recovered dormant successful his country astatine the Comfort Suites edifice successful Kenner with Xanax successful his system.

Two days aft Manzano was found, constabulary arrested and charged 45-year-old Danette Colbert, nicknamed the "Bourbon Street Hustler" connected societal media, with aggregate fugitive and fraud charges, arsenic good arsenic a robbery charge, successful transportation with the young reporter's death. Authorities judge she whitethorn person drugged Manzano and past stolen his recognition cards earlier authorities recovered him dead.

Colbert, who, according to police, is known for coercing and tricking antheral victims to rob them successful New Orleans and Las Vegas, was denied enslaved past month.

‘BOURBON STREET HUSTLER’ ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH SUPER BOWL REPORTER'S DEATH LINKED TO LAS VEGAS DRUGGING

Telemundo newsman Adan Manzano seen entering the Comfort Suites edifice with theft fishy Danette Colbert conscionable earlier his death. (Kenner Police Department/ Telemundo)

"They met successful the French Quarter, astir apt successful the wee hours of the morning. They came backmost to the edifice that was successful the metropolis of Kenner astir 4:30 a.m. connected Feb. 5, astatine which clip we bash person surveillance video from the lobby of the edifice showing them going into [Manzano's] country astir that time," Kenner Police Chief Keith Conley antecedently told Fox News Digital. 

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

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

Detectives recovered 1 of Manzano's recognition cards was missing portion processing his edifice room, Conley told reporters during a property league connected Feb. 8. Authorities past obtained a hunt warrant allowing them to way the locations wherever the recognition paper was utilized aft Manzano was found, which led them to Colbert. 

The fishy is tied to different alleged drugging and robbery cases successful New Orleans and Las Vegas, and Conley believes she whitethorn beryllium progressive successful different man's decease successful New Orleans.

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

Conley said Colbert "has a agelong past of… bringing men into her confidence."

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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 number of "purse snatching," 1 number of aggravated instrumentality fraud, 1 number of amerciable transportation of funds, 1 number of slope fraud, 1 number of machine fraud and 1 number of robbery. (Kenner PD)

"The men go incapacitated by immoderate manner, astatine which clip they suffer each their money, their property. By the clip they aftermath up oregon travel to regain consciousness, they are retired of a batch of money. Their recognition cards person been utilized astatine assorted places, and they find themselves successful an atrocious fix," the constabulary main explained.

Police are asking anyone with accusation astir Colbert to travel forward. Some victims, Conley said, bash not talk up owed to the delicate quality of the suspect's alleged crimes.

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Authorities executed a hunt warrant astatine Colbert's code aft identifying her arsenic a imaginable fishy successful transportation with Manzano's decease and located a stolen weapon that did not look to beryllium related to Manzano's decease and narcotics.

Colbert whitethorn look further charges arsenic the probe into Manzano's decease develops.

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Telemundo 39 remembered Manzano successful a connection arsenic "a existent nonrecreational and a rising prima who exemplified excellence successful his work."

"We volition profoundly miss Adan and his passionateness for sports and the contributions helium made to the section community," the connection says.