A Slidell woman convicted of fatally drugging a Kansas City sports reporter who traveled to New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl in 2025 will spend the rest of her life in prison after a Jefferson Parish judge upgraded her sentence under Louisiana’s habitual offender laws.
Danette Colbert, 45, was found guilty in September of negligent homicide in the death of 27-year-old father Adan Manzano. She and her co-defendant, Rickey White, 35, were also convicted of racketeering for orchestrating a yearslong scheme to target, drug and steal from tourists, like Manzano, who were visiting the New Orleans French Quarter. White was acquitted in Manzano’s death.
24th Judicial District Court Judge Nancy Miller on Wednesday resentenced Colbert to life plus 75 years in prison, according to the Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Office…