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Jury Convicts Woman of Negligent Homicide in Death of Reporter Covering Super Bowl in New Orleans
Prosecutors say the pair’s drugging and robbery scheme contributed to Adan Manzano’s death, while defense lawyers call them petty thieves.
- A Louisiana jury convicted 49-year-old Danette Colbert and 35-year-old Rickey White of racketeering and negligent homicide on Thursday in the death of 27-year-old Adan Manzano, a Telemundo reporter found dead in a Kenner hotel room last year.
- Prosecutors described a criminal enterprise where Colbert acted under the guise of a "prostitute or party girl" while White served as her "pimp," drugging victims in the French Quarter to drain their bank accounts.
- Autopsy results revealed Manzano died of positional asphyxia after ingesting alcohol and Xanax; investigators recovered his debit card at Colbert's residence, with Colbert the last person seen leaving his room.
- Christian Anderson, an accomplice who testified against the pair for reduced charges, received a six-year prison sentence, while Colbert and White await sentencing in late September for their racketeering and homicide convictions.
- During closing arguments, prosecutors presented a collage of 80 driver's licenses and Social Security cards, arguing that Manzano was one of many victims targeted in this scheme to steal personal information.
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Jury convicts woman of negligent homicide in death of reporter covering Super Bowl in New Orleans – WTOP News
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana jury convicted a woman of negligent homicide on Thursday in the death of a Telemundo television reporter who had been visiting Ne
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