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topicnews · July 17, 2025

3 suspects who are charged in connoisseurs because of the death of the Super Bowl reporter

3 suspects who are charged in connoisseurs because of the death of the Super Bowl reporter

The public prosecutor accuses three suspects for homicide and blackmail when a reporter in Kansas City.

New Orleans – The prosecutors submitted more serious charges against three suspects, which were accused of the death of a reporter in Kansas City, who covered the Super Bowl in the New Orlean region at the beginning of this year.

Adan Manzano was no longer responded in his hotel room in connoisseur on February 5. The 27-year-old came to New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl, but he never made it to the big game.

On Thursday, the Jefferson Parish public prosecutor officially submitted the indictment against Danette Colbert, Rickey White and Christian Anderson. All three are now charged with manslaughter and extortion in connection with Manzano's death.

Last month, Kenner's police chief said that three part of a program that aims at men, drugs and then deprived them.

Chef Conley said: “They basically follow big conventions, sporting events, things of this nature, they go from every big city in the country and outside the country and they find men who are alone … It is not always prostitution, they could push something into their drink, and they can push something into their drink, and they take them off like a good Samaritan and when the crime has committed themselves.”

WWL-TV will update this story if further details are available.

Who was Adan Manzano?

Adan Manzano was in the city to cover the Super Bowl for Telemundo Kansas City and Tico Sports. Telemundo published an explanation on Facebook and called Manzano “a real professional and an emerging star”.

WWL Louisiana spoke to Steve Downing, General Manager of the Station. Downing said Manzano worked in Telemundo for 3 years and recently started anchoring in addition to his tasks as a reporter. He said Manzano had a “passion” for sport and “This passion caused him to do great work, and always loved and very well loved with a smile, and appreciated by the sports teams that he treated here.”

He said Manzano's death hit Telemundo KCS hard -meshed newsroom hard. “We are a small operation,” said Downing, “so we will miss a family member.”

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