Woman arrested after death of Telemundo sports reporter Adan Manzano in New Orleans

A Louisiana pistillate has been arrested pursuing the death of Telemundo sports newsman Adan Manzano, who died this week successful New Orleans portion covering Super Bowl LIX.

Danette Colbert, of Slidell, was arrested successful New Orleans Thursday night connected fraud and theft-related charges, Kenner Police Chief Keith Conley said astatine a Friday greeting quality conference.

Manzano, a newsman and sports anchor for Kansas City’s Telemundo affiliate, died Wednesday portion connected duty to screen the Super Bowl for his 3rd consecutive year, the presumption confirmed successful a statement.

The 27-year-old newscaster was recovered dormant successful his edifice country successful Kenner connected the day of Feb. 5. There were nary signs of evident trauma to his body, constabulary said, adding that his origin of decease has yet to beryllium determined.

When detectives processed the transgression scene, they discovered that a cellphone and the recognition paper Manzano utilized to cheque into the edifice were missing, Conley said.

The hotel’s information camera footage besides showed Colbert leaving the edifice country connected the greeting of his death.

After investigators executed a hunt warrant astatine Colbert’s residence, they located Manzano’s cellphone and recognition card, immoderate narcotics arsenic good arsenic a stolen firearm, which does not look related to the case, according to Conley.

Colbert utilized Manzano’s recognition cards successful antithetic stores astir New Orleans, authorities said.

The suspect’s transgression past includes 2 instances wherever she drugged a unfortunate earlier stealing the person’s “access instrumentality paper and things of that nature,” Conley told reporters.

“She plays a assured game,” Conley said. “She’s decidedly a vocation criminal. All her crimes are… entree to vice, frauds, elemental robberies, thefts, things of that nature.”

At this time, Colbert is lone being charged with spot crimes and not for Manzano’s death, authorities said.