For years, Danette Colbert approached visitors in the French Quarter. Men reported waking up without their money, watches, phones, or access to their accounts. Despite a growing criminal record, she kept returning to the streets where she had become known as the Bourbon Street Hustler.

During Super Bowl week in February 2025, she met Adan Manzano, a 27-year-old sports reporter covering the Kansas City Chiefs. Hotel cameras recorded Colbert entering his room and leaving alone. Adan was later found dead.

Adan was also a widowed father. His baby daughter had survived the crash that killed her mother less than a year earlier.

In season 3, episode 35 of GBRLIFE Of Crimes, Kaitlyn examines Colbert’s history, the evidence presented at trial, the defense’s argument, and the jury’s decision to convict her of negligent homicide and racketeering.

Does that verdict account for what happened to Adan, or does it leave the most difficult part of this case unresolved?

Read the companion blog post, “Nobody Missed Danette Colbert”:

https://www.gbrlife.com/blog/nobody-missed-danette-colbert

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