The ‘Bourbon Street Hustler’ Danette Colbert is now facing a second-degree murder charge after she allegedly lured a Super Bowl reporter to his death last month.
Kenner Police also announced on Tuesday that Rickey White, an accomplice of Colbert, has been arrested for his alleged role in Adan Manzano’s death. Police say White was ‘working hand in hand’ with Colbert.
Colbert, 48, was arrested after she accompanied Telemundo reporter Manzano, 27, to a hotel room in New Orleans where he was later found dead.
Exclusive CCTV images obtained by DailyMail.com showed Colbert and Manzano arrive back at the Comfort Inn hotel in Kenner, Louisiana together before she left on her own.
Last month, a preliminary toxicology exam found Manzano’s system contained the depressant benzodiazepine, which includes the drug commonly sold under the brand name Xanax.
Manzano was in New Orleans from Kansas City, Missouri to cover the Super Bowl between the Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles.
‘Bourbon Street Hustler’ Danette Colbert is now facing a second-degree murder charge
Telemundo Kansas City reporter Adan Manzano, 27, was found dead in his hotel room
Surveillance footage – exclusively obtained by Daily Mail – showed Manzano and Colbert entering the Comfort Inn in Kenner on February 5 at 3.46am.
He appeared coherent, following Colbert through the lobby, to his room. It remains unclear where the pair met.
Manzano was found unresponsive on February 5 at 3pm after colleagues called for a welfare check.
The reporter – a recent widower whose wife died in April 2024 – had failed to show up for their afternoon meeting.
Colbert, on the other hand, left the room twice. She first emerged at 4.45am, leaving the room alone and returning 20 minutes later.
She then made two trips to reception, where it appeared she requested an extra key for the room.
She was then seen leaving the room at 5.21am for a final time.
Colbert, a serial fraudster, was arrested days later after being caught using Manzano’s credit cards in stores across New Orleans.
Manzano did not have a prescription for Xanax or other depressants based on his medical records and the drug is often used to facilitate theft by inducing amnesia, detectives have said.
Footage – exclusively obtained by Daily Mail – shows Manzano and Colbert entering the hotel
Manzano’s wife, Ashleigh, died in 2024 in a car accident. They are pictured with their daughter
Police say they also recovered Xanax from Colbert’s residence.
Overdoses of the drug can lead to ‘extreme drowsiness’ and ‘possible death,’ according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Authorities have said Colbert later used Manzano’s credit card to make a purchase at a New Orleans gas station and several stores in the area.
Last year, a Louisiana jury found Colbert guilty of theft and fraud charges in an unrelated case.
In 2022, Colbert was twice arrested in Las Vegas on felony charges of grand larceny and administering a drug to aid in a felony crime, court records show.
In both cases she was accused of drugging men in their hotel rooms and stealing from them, but the charges were dismissed because the victims did not want to testify in court, Colbert’s attorney for those cases, Daniel Lippmann, said.
