New Orleans (APP) – Police are investigating the death of a television reporter who was in New Orleans. Super Bowl And on Friday announced the arrest of a woman who said her credit card was used.
Police said an anchor and reporter from Telemondo, 27 -year -old Eden Manzano, in the city of Kansas, Missouri, was killed in his hotel room in Kenner, a suburb of New Orleans on Wednesday.
Police arrested 48 -year -old Louisiana resident Danet Colbert on Thursday evening, Cancer Police Deputy Chief Mark McCaramak said. He faces four serious allegations, as well as a mismanagement of fraud and theft.
Lieutenant Suzanne Carboni, a Lieutenant of St. Tamini Sheriff’s office, said he also faces serious allegations of possessing stolen firearms, but Kenner police are not sure that it is related to Manzano’s case.
Police said Colbert was seen arriving in his hotel room with Manzano on security video footage arriving at 5am on the day of his death, and then left without an hour. He used Manzano’s credit card at several stores in the area, and authorities later located Manzano’s credit card and cellphone at the Colbert residence located in Slideale, northeast of New Orleans.
Police also disclosed drugs at Colbert’s residence at a press conference on Friday, Cancer Police Chief Keith Konli said during a press conference on Friday. Investigators believe that Colbert worked alone, he said.
A phone number associated with Colbert’s residence was disconnected and no one responded to the message sent to the email affiliated.
Consley described Colbert as a “culprit of a career”, known as New Orleans police for “fraud schemes”.
“Everyone should be aware of their surroundings,” said Conly. “This reveals that there are people who fall prey to other people and bring them to their confidence and fall prey to them.”
Judicial records say Colbert was twice arrested in 2022 for serious charges of Grand Larcy in Las Vegas and for helping a drug to help a crime. In both cases, Colbert was accused of giving drugs to men in their hotel rooms on the Las Vegas belt, according to Daniel Leapman, who represented it.
Leapman told the Associated Press that both cases were later dismissed because the victims did not want to testify in court. Leapman said he had no comment on the new allegations against Colbert.
One of the victims told police that he got alone and took a bloody nose after going to his hotel room with Colbert, which he met once, The Las Vegas Review Journal reported in 2022. He said that the missing room, 000 50,000 cash, a Rolex Watch, Poker chips, 000 11,000, its phone and designer luggage bag.
And last year, a Louisiana jury found Colbert guilty of theft and fraud charges. According to Orleans Parish Court Records, he was ordered to pay $ 50,000 in restoration.
Tele Mando Kansas City general manager Steve Dowing said Manzano was a “rising star” and “real professional” – a two linguistic television anchor and reporter who loved the sports, and covered it. Kansas City Chiefs Super two super bowel victories of the past. He hopes that the third straight success will be achieved on Sunday.
“You always see her with a smile on her face, she enjoyed the task she did,” said Downg. “He was very determined to serve the local community by providing the best in sports news.”
Consley said Kenner was awaiting the results of the police coroner’s full post -mortem, which would certainly decide whether Manzano’s death was a massacre.
Jefferson’s Parish of Franzic Operations Director Tim Geneva said the Coroner’s office was doing poisonous tests, and the results are expected to take place in three to four weeks. He added that no clear physical shock was found on Manzano’s body.
Manzano was born in Mexico City and later went to Kansas, NBC KSNT reported.
He surpasses a 2 -year -old daughter. Downtic said that after his wife’s death in his wife’s car crash last year, he was raising himself with the help of him.
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This story has been updated to fix Colbert’s age by 48.
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