Adan Manzano, a reporter for Telemundo Kansas City, was found dead in a hotel room near New Orleans. A woman he was last seen with has been charged with stealing his credit card and phone.

Adan Manzano’s colleagues at KGKC Telemundo Kansas City praised him as a “true professional and rising star” in NFL media.

Adan Manzano, whose wife died in a car crash less than a year ago, was a sports anchor for a Kansas City outlet.

Adan Manzano, a sports reporter covering the Chiefs, died Wednesday while on assignment for Super Bowl 2025 in New Orleans for Telemundo Kansas City and Tico Sports, KGKC general manager Steve Downing said in a statement Thursday.

Adan Manzano, a sports reporter for Telemundo Kansas City, died at 27 while on assignment covering Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans.

This Thursday, a tragedy was reported during coverage for Super Bowl LIX in the city of New Orleans, after the Telemundo network reported the death of its Mexican presenter for the

Danette Colbert of Louisiana has been charged with fraud and theft, police said. Investigators said she used a credit card belonging to Adan Manzano.

Courtesy of Adan Manzano/Instagram Adan Manzano's tragic death comes less than a year after he lost his wife, Ashleigh Boyd. In April 2024, Boyd died in a fatal car crash per The Topeka Capital-Journal.

Adan Manzano, who was a sports reporter for a local Telemundo affiliate in Kansas, died while in New Orleans to cover the 2025 Super Bowl, according to the news station. He was 27.

A Louisiana woman has been arrested following the death of Telemundo sports reporter Adan Manzano, who died this week in New Orleans while covering Super Bowl LIX.