Verdict reached in case of sports reporter killed while covering Super Bowl - KLBK | KAMC | EverythingLubbock.com

Colbert, 48, also got convicted of negligent homicide. White walked on a separate manslaughter charge, according to court records. The case centers on Adan Manzano, a 27-year-old Telemundo television reporter found dead inside a hotel room in Kenner, a New Orleans suburb, in February 2025.

An autopsy found Manzano died lying face down on a pillow, unable to breathe after ingesting substances tied to the case. He had traveled to Louisiana like thousands of other journalists and fans for the Super Bowl, the kind of national sports event that pulls press from every market, including ones plenty of people in Lubbock recognize from local television.

The verdict closes out a case that started as a story about football and turned into a homicide investigation almost overnight. For anyone who works in local news, or has family in the business, a young reporter dying on assignment hits close, no matter what city he called home.

Convictions in a case like this also mean a Kansas City station, and Manzano's family, finally get a legal answer more than a year after he never made it home from a work trip.