A 3rd individual has actually been charged in connection to the death of a tv press reporter who had actually taken a trip to New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl previously this year.
Christian Anderson, 33, of New Orleans, was detained for his supposed function in a repeating plan that cops state included targeting victims, drugging them and robbing them.
Amongst those declared victims was Adan Manzano, a 27-year-old press reporter and anchor for Telemundo based in Kansas City, Missouri. Manzano was discovered dead Feb. 5 in his hotel space in the New Orleans residential area of Kenner.
Manzano’s death came a year after his partner passed away in a vehicle mishap. The couple leaves a young child child.
An autopsy exposed that Manzano passed away lying face down on a pillow, not able to breathe after consuming a mix of alcohol and the depressant Xanax.
Security video from Manzano’s hotel revealed the press reporter and a female, who cops later on recognized as Danette Colbert, entering his space together on the early morning of his death. About an hour later on, Colbert might be seen going out of the space alone. Authorities state the female later on utilized Manzano’s charge card at a New Orleans filling station and numerous shops in the location.
Colbert, whose arrest record consist of accusations of drugging guys and theft, was charged with second-degree murder and with taking Manzano’s charge card and mobile phone. In addition, Ricky White, 34, has actually been charged with murder.
Kenner cops stated that the automobile Colbert utilized on the day of Manzano’s death had actually been leased by Anderson. After examining more proof, consisting of text, cops state they think that Anderson “offered logistical assistance, taken part in post-crime interaction, and helped in efforts to economically gain from the victim’s taken possessions.”
Anderson has actually been charged with principal to basic break-in, handbag snatching, gain access to gadget scams, unlawful transmission of financial funds, bank scams and computer system scams.
He is presently being kept in the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center. Prison records did not right away note a lawyer who might speak on Anderson’s behalf.