Reporter’s Death Linked to Drug Ring | Durham News

A Louisiana jury convicted Telemundo reporter Danette Colbert and her associate Rickey White of negligent homicide and racketeering in the death of 27-year-old journalist Adan Manzano, who was drugged and found dead in his hotel room after being targeted by their criminal operation in the French Quarter. Colbert, the last person seen leaving Manzano’s room, received a maximum 10-year sentence — less than prosecutors sought — while White was acquitted. A third accomplice, Christian Anderson, testified against them and received a six-year sentence. Manzano’s widow, grieving the loss of her husband and her own recent car accident death, couldn’t attend the trial. Sentencing is set for later this September.

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