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Louisiana constabulary person arrested a 3rd fishy successful transportation with Super Bowl newsman Adan Manzano's edifice country murder.
Manzano, a 27-year-old Kansas City, Missouri-based Telemundo sports reporter, was successful New Orleans connected duty to screen Super Bowl LIX. He was recovered dormant with Xanax successful his strategy successful his country astatine the Comfort Suites edifice successful Kenner, Louisiana, connected the greeting of Feb. 5.
Officials said his decease was caused by the combined toxic effects of Xanax and alcohol, noting that helium had been recovered "face-down successful a pillow with nary lividity astir his chemoreceptor and mouth." Since then, Kenner constabulary person arrested alleged "Bourbon Street Hustler" Danette Colbert, 48, and her accused accomplice, Ricky White, successful transportation with Manzano's death,
On Friday, Kenner constabulary besides announced the apprehension of Christian Anderson, 33, a New Orleans resident, for his alleged engagement successful the crippled that led to Manzano's death.
Ricky White, left, Danette Colbert and Christian Anderson person each been charged successful transportation with the robbery strategy that led to sports newsman Adan Manzano's death. (Kenner PD)
Colbert was nicknamed the "Bourbon Street Hustler" connected societal media owed to her lengthy past targeting men successful the French Quarter and stealing their money. She is accused of similar crimes successful Las Vegas. Authorities judge she, White and Anderson conspired to cause Manzano and past bargain his recognition cards earlier authorities recovered him dead.
Colbert and Manzano "met successful the French Quarter, astir apt successful the wee hours of the morning," Kenner Police Chief Keith Conley antecedently told Fox News Digital.
Telemundo newsman Adan Manzano was seen entering the Comfort Suites edifice with theft fishy Danette Colbert conscionable earlier his death. (Kenner Police Department/ Telemundo)
"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. "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."
Detectives recovered that 1 of Manzano's recognition cards was missing portion processing his edifice room, Conley told reporters during a quality 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.
Kenner constabulary described Colbert arsenic a "career criminal." (Kenner PD)
White is facing assorted charges, including elemental robbery and aggregate counts of fraud. He was later charged with murder successful transportation with Manzano's death.
Authorities person besides obtained an apprehension warrant for Anderson for main to elemental robbery, purse snatching, entree instrumentality fraud, amerciable transmission of monetary funds, slope fraud and machine fraud. He is presently detained astatine the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center alongside Colbert and White, Kenner constabulary said.
Adan Manzano was connected duty astatine the Super Bowl successful New Orleans. (Telemundo Kansas City)
"Evidence gathered done hunt warrants, substance connection records, and integer communications revealed that Anderson, on with antecedently arrested suspects Danette Colbert and Rickey White, played an progressive relation successful a coordinated signifier of targeting victims, drugging them, and stealing idiosyncratic property, including phones and fiscal relationship access," Kenner constabulary said successful a Friday property release.
"Detectives discovered that the conveyance utilized by Danette Colbert connected the time of Manzano’s decease had been rented by Christian Anderson, and further grounds showed that Anderson provided logistical support, engaged successful post-crime communication, and assisted successful attempts to financially payment from the victim’s stolen assets."
Records besides allegedly amusement that "Anderson and Colbert communicated extensively pursuing the incident, and that helium played a relation successful the group’s recurring transgression behavior," Kenner constabulary said.
Adan Manzano covered the Kansas City Chiefs. (Telemundo Kansas City)
Colbert was precocious sentenced to service 25 years successful prison for crimes unrelated to Manzano's death, including theft, machine fraud and amerciable transmission of monetary funds stemming from a 2024 case.
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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.
Authorities executed a hunt warrant astatine Colbert's code aft identifying her arsenic a imaginable fishy successful transportation with Manzano's decease and said they had located a stolen weapon that did not look to beryllium related to Manzano's decease and narcotics.
Audrey Conklin is simply a integer newsman for Fox News Digital and FOX Business. Email tips to audrey.conklin@fox.com oregon connected Twitter astatine @audpants.
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