Woman Who Killed Super Bowl Reporter Sentenced To Life In Prison
This article was originally published on Total Pro Sports.
One of the suspects convicted in connection with the death of reporter Adan Manzano just got an even worse sentence.
Last February, Manzano had traveled to the New Orleans area to cover the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl against the Eagles. he would never make it to the game after being found dead in his hotel room in Kenner, Louisiana.
The Jefferson Parish coroner’s office said Manzano died from positional asphyxiation. An autopsy later found Xanax and alcohol in his system.
Prosecutors later stated that Manzano was among the victims of a years-long operation where two people targeted unsuspecting tourists in the city’s French Quarter.
The Haunting Reason This Louisiana Woman Just Got Sentenced To Life Following Adan Manzano’s Death
Danette Colbert will spend the rest of her natural life behind bars. On Wednesday, a Jefferson Parish judge increased her prison term from 60 years to life plus 75 years, in connection with the death of Kansas City sports reporter Adan Manzano.
Last month, the 49-year-old had been sentenced to serve 50 years for racketeering and 10 years for negligent homicide. Prosecutors proved that Colbert met Adan Manzano in the French Quarter. She then returned with him to his Kenner hotel room and drugged him with a prescription sedative and alcohol in order to rob him while he was passed out.
She did not intend for him to die, but that is exactly what happened. Colbert is already serving 25 years for crimes committed in New Orleans. However, prosecutors presented evidence of several previous felony convictions as they sought an enhanced sentence under Louisiana’s habitual offender law.
Other felony convictions shown to the court included crimes dating back to 2013. Colbert was convicted in the Adan Manzano case and the previous five felony cases. Now, prosecutors needed to prove only three prior felony convictions to trigger the sentence enhancement in the Manzano case.
24th Judicial District Court Judge Nancy Miller vacated the 10-year sentence for negligent homicide and imposed the life sentence in its place.
