A lady final seen with a sports activities reporter earlier than he was discovered useless in his resort room after touring to New Orleans to cowl the Tremendous Bowl has been charged with second-degree homicide, police introduced on Tuesday.
Adan Manzano, a reporter for KGKC Telemundo Kansas Metropolis and Tico Sports activities, was discovered useless in his resort room in Kenner, Louisiana, on Feb. 5, police mentioned.
A lady who police mentioned was seen going into Manzano’s resort room hours earlier than he was discovered useless — Danette Colbert of Slidell, Louisiana — was initially charged with property crimes, together with theft and fraud-related offenses, after police mentioned she had his cellphone and bank card in her house.
On this picture launched by Telemundo, Adan Manzano is proven.
Telemundo
On Tuesday, she was additionally booked on a second-degree homicide cost, Kenner Police Chief Keith Conley.
“We acknowledge it may be a circumstantial case,” Conley mentioned throughout a press briefing, although he referred to as getting the possible trigger affidavit signed for the second-degree homicide cost “a very good begin.”
“We’re not going to surrender. We’re nonetheless investigating this case across the clock,” he mentioned.
The Kenner Police Division offered surveillance footage that they are saying exhibits Adan Manzano and Danette Colbert getting off the elevator in a resort hallway.
Kenner Police Division
Surveillance video exhibits Manzano and Colbert at his resort the morning of Feb. 5, police mentioned. Colbert was seen leaving his room and coming again, then leaving once more later that morning, police mentioned. Nobody else entered the room and Manzano by no means left.
A toxicology report revealed the presence of an anti-anxiety remedy in Manzano’s system, police mentioned final month whereas awaiting the post-mortem report.
Investigators have recognized areas the place the 2 have been seen collectively in New Orleans, police mentioned.
The reserving picture for Danette Colbert.
Kenner Police Division
Colbert was ordered held with out bail on Feb. 25 after a decide in Jefferson Parish determined she was a flight danger and a hazard, citing her prior prison historical past.
Since Colbert’s arrest on Feb. 6, the Kenner Police Division mentioned it has been contacted by individuals “claiming to be victims or reporting suspicious deaths beneath related circumstances.”
This can be a growing story. Please verify again for updates.
