Two people sentenced to 60 and 45 years in prison in death of Telemundo reporter
Danette Colbert and Rickey White sentenced in Adan Manzano’s death for racketeering and negligent homicide
TL;DR
- Danette Colbert received a 60-year sentence for racketeering and negligent homicide in the death of reporter Adan Manzano.
- Rickey White was sentenced to 45 years for racketeering.
- Manzano, a Telemundo Kansas City journalist, was covering the Super Bowl in New Orleans when he died.
- Prosecutors allege Colbert and White were part of a criminal enterprise that drugged and robbed tourists.
- Manzano died from positional asphyxiation with Xanax and alcohol found in his system.
- Colbert also received a 25-year sentence for violating probation on a prior conviction.