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Charges In Super Bowl Week Death Of Telemundo TV Reporter Adan Manzano Upgraded To Murder; Suspect’s Alleged Accomplice Arrested


Danette Colbert, 48, has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of the 27-year-old Kansas City-based reporter Adan Manzano.

Charges in the February death of Adan Manzano, a Telemundo TV sports reporter in the New Orleans area to cover the Super Bowl, have been upgraded to second-degree murder, the Kenner (Louisiana) Police Department said Tuesday. Danette Colbert, 48, has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of the 27-year-old Kansas City-based Manzano, who was found dead in his Kenner hotel room on Wednesday, February 5 during Super Bowl Week. Dr. Gerry Cvitanovich, the Jefferson Parish coroner, said during the press conference that Manzano’s specific manner of death remains “undetermined,” as opposed to either accidental, which would be typical in an overdose, or a homicide.

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