Louisiana police charge second person with murder in Super Bowl reporter’s drug death

A 2nd idiosyncratic has been charged with second-degree execution pursuing the decease of a Super Bowl newsman who was covering the large sporting lawsuit successful aboriginal 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 the Super Bowl erstwhile helium was recovered dormant successful his country with Xanax successful his strategy astatine the Comfort Suites edifice successful Kenner, Louisiana. At the time, officials said his decease was caused by the combined toxic effects of Xanax and alcohol. They noted helium was recovered "face-down successful a pillow with 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 the "Bourbon Street Hustler" connected societal media, aft she racked up respective fugitive and fraud charges and a robbery complaint successful transportation with his death.

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

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

The Kenner Police Department announced connected Monday that White present faces a second-degree execution complaint successful transportation with Manzano's death.

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

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

"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," Conley said.

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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)

"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 added.

One of Manzano's recognition cards was missing erstwhile detectives were processing his edifice room, starring them to get a hunt warrant for the recognition paper history, starring instrumentality 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 was connected duty astatine the Super Bowl successful New Orleans. (Telemundo Kansas City)

"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."

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