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NEW ORLEANS (NewsNation) — Police are investigating the death of a tv reporter who was successful New Orleans to screen the Super Bowl and connected Friday announced the arrest of a woman they accidental utilized his recognition card.
Adan Manzano, 27, an anchor and newsman for Telemundo successful Kansas City, Missouri, was recovered dormant Wednesday successful his edifice country successful Kenner, a suburb conscionable extracurricular New Orleans, constabulary said.
Police connected Thursday evening arrested Louisiana nonmigratory Danette Colbert, 48. She is facing 4 felony charges, arsenic good arsenic a misdemeanor fraud and theft charge, Kenner Police Deputy Chief Mark McCormick said.
She besides faces a authorities felony complaint of possession of a stolen firearm, but Kenner Police bash not judge it's related to Manzano's case, St. Tammany Sheriff’s Office Lt. Suzanne Carboni said.
Colbert was seen connected information video footage arriving with Manzano astatine his edifice country astir 5 a.m. the time of his decease and past leaving without him astir an hr later, constabulary said. She utilized Manzano's recognition paper astatine respective stores successful the country and authorities aboriginal located Manzano's recognition paper and cellphone astatine Colbert's residence successful Slidell, northeast of New Orleans they said.
Police besides uncovered narcotics astatine Colbert's residence, Kenner Police Chief Keith Conley said Friday during a property conference. Investigators judge Colbert acted alone, helium said.
A telephone fig affiliated with Colbert’s residence was disconnected and nary 1 responded to a connection sent to an email associated with her.
Conley described Colbert arsenic a “career criminal” known to New Orleans constabulary for “fraud schemes.”
“Everybody should beryllium alert of their surroundings,” Conley said. “This brings to airy that determination are radical retired determination that prey connected different radical and bring them into their assurance and victimize them.”
Colbert was doubly arrested successful 2022 successful Las Vegas connected felony charges of expansive larceny and administering a cause to assistance successful a felony crime, tribunal records show. In some cases, Colbert was accused of drugging men successful their edifice rooms connected the Las Vegas Strip and stealing from them, according to Daniel Lippmann, the lawyer who represented her.
Lippmann told The Associated Press that some cases were aboriginal dismissed due to the fact that the victims did not privation to attest successful court. Lippmann said helium had nary remark connected the caller allegations against Colbert.
One of the victims told constabulary helium woke up unsocial and with a bloody chemoreceptor aft going up to his edifice country with Colbert, who helium met astatine a bar, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported successful 2022. He said missing from his country was $50,000 successful cash, a Rolex watch, $11,000 successful poker chips, his telephone and a decorator luggage bag.
And past year, a Louisiana assemblage recovered Colbert blameworthy of theft and fraud charges. She was ordered to wage $50,000 successful restitution, according to Orleans Parish tribunal records.
Telemundo Kansas City General Manager Steve Downing said Manzano was a “rising star” and “true professional” — a bilingual tv anchor and newsman who loved sports, and had covered the Kansas City Chiefs ′ past 2 Super Bowl victories. He hoped to spot a grounds 3rd consecutive triumph Sunday.
“You would ever spot him with a grin connected his face, helium enjoyed the enactment that helium did,” Downing said. “He was precise committed to serving the section assemblage by providing them the champion successful sports news.”
Kenner constabulary are awaiting the results of the coroner’s afloat autopsy, which volition find whether Manzano's decease was a homicide, Conley said.
The coroner's bureau is conducting toxicology tests, and results are expected to instrumentality 3 to 4 weeks, Jefferson Parish Director of Forensic Operations Tim Genevay said. There was nary evident carnal trauma recovered connected Manzano's body, helium added.
Manzano was calved successful Mexico City and aboriginal moved to Kansas, NBC affiliate KSNT reported.
He leaves down a 2-year-old daughter. He had been raising her connected his ain with assistance from household aft his woman died past twelvemonth successful a car accident, Downing said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
