Jury Convicts Colbert in Reporter’s Death | UK News

A jury in Louisiana convicted Danette Colbert of negligent homicide and racketeering in the death of Telemundo reporter Adan Manzano, 27, who died from alcohol and Xanax overdose after being drugged by Colbert in his hotel room before the Super Bowl. Colbert, the last person seen with him, faces up to ten years; White, her accomplice, was acquitted. Testimony from cooperating associate Christian Anderson revealed a years-long scheme targeting tourists in the French Quarter with drugs and theft. Manzano’s tragic death came just one year after losing his wife in a car crash, leaving behind a young daughter — and this verdict offers some closure to a chilling case exposing a predatory operation preying on vulnerable visitors.

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