The 27-year-old sports anchor and sideline reporter was on assignment in Louisiana this week to cover the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX; local police arrested a woman who used his credit cards and was seen leaving his hotel room alone.

Adan Manzano’s employers said he was a “true professional and a rising star who exemplified excellence in his work.”

Adan Manzano, a reporter for ‘Telemundo Kansas City,’ died at the age of 27 while covering the 2025 Super Bowl in New Orleans