A SHOCKING twist has occurred within the investigation of the homicide of a Tremendous Bowl reporter.

Adan Manzano, a 27-year-old Telemundo reporter was discovered lifeless on February 5 in his New Orleans lodge room.

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Louisiana authorities have charged a second suspect with homicide within the case of Manzano’s loss of life.

A lady was seen on safety video leaving Manzano’s room forward of the Tremendous Bowl and was charged with second-degree homicide and stealing his bank cards.

That suspect was named as 48-year-old Danette Colbert.

Police within the New Orleans suburb of Kenner introduced on Monday that an confederate was charged in relation to Manzano’s homicide.

Three months after Manzano was killed, 34-year-old Ricky White has additionally been charged with second-degree homicide.

He was arrested in Florida in March on theft and fraud fees in relation to the homicide earlier than being extradited to Louisiana.

Kenner police stated that the cost towards White got here from “continued investigative efforts,” however they’d not give any extra particulars.

Police Chief Keith Conley stated on March 18 that White was linked to Colbert primarily based on “correspondence and data the place they had been going forwards and backwards.

“So we expect they had been working hand-in-hand in live performance with one another.”

It took almost two extra months for that hyperlink to lead to White being charged with homicide.

White’s lawyer, Kevin Boshea, wasn’t conscious of the homicide cost earlier than an Related Press reporter contacted him on Monday.

“I do not assume he is responsible of the opposite crimes,” Boshea stated.

“So how can he be responsible of homicide?”

Boshea stated he requested police to current proof of White being in New Orleans on the time of Manzano’s homicide, however he claims they introduced none.

One other lawyer for Colbert claims that police are “assumptions and guesses” to hyperlink her to Manzano’s loss of life.

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An post-mortem discovered Manzano died face down on a pillow after ingesting alcohol and Xanax, in response to Jefferson Parish Coroner Gerry Cvitanovich.

Police stated safety footage confirmed he entered his lodge room with Colbert on the day of his loss of life.

She left with out him about an hour later, and police say Colbert used his bank card to make purchases at a number of shops within the space.

Police additionally say that Manzano has no medical document of prescriptions for Xanax or different antidepressants, and extra samples of the drug had been present in Colbert’s house.

In Louisiana, a defendant may be charged with second-degree homicide for distributing medicine that trigger somebody to die, even when they did not bodily homicide the sufferer.