A Kansas school teacher, Ashleigh Boyd, was killed in a car crash on Monday, and the motorist responsible, Todd W. Armstrong, was found guilty of vehicular homicide. The conviction was announced just four days after a Louisiana jury found another individual guilty in the death of Boyd’s husband, Adan Manzano, who was a journalist preparing to cover the 2025 Super Bowl for Telemundo. Armstrong was found guilty by Judge Andrew Holmes in a traffic collision that occurred on April 11, 2024, in Topeka, Kansas. Armstrong had pleaded not guilty and was tentatively set to be sentenced in November. The victim’s father, Brian Hinck, noted that even if Armstrong was found guilty, he would likely face no more than one year in prison, as vehicular homicide is considered a misdemeanor in Kansas. Boyd, 24, was driving in her sedan when Armstrong, who was operating a pickup truck, veered onto the wrong side of the road and collided with her head-on. Boyd died at the scene, and her three-year-old daughter, Eleanor, was injured. According to court records cited by the Topeka news station KSNT, investigators found evidence that Armstrong’s truck had been parked at a casino in Kansas City for five hours before the crash. Armstrong reportedly told authorities that a blown tire or mechanical failure caused the accident, but no such defects were found in his truck. A urine drug test showed the presence of cocaine metabolites in Armstrong’s system, but his attorney successfully argued that the result should not be used as evidence in the trial. Meanwhile, Adan Manzano, who worked for a Spanish-language news station in Kansas City, was found dead in his hotel room in Kenner, Louisiana, days before the Kansas City Chiefs played in the Super Bowl. Investigators concluded that Manzano had been targeted by a group who drugged him and stole his financial information. His autopsy showed he died from asphyxiation after consuming a mix of alcohol and Xanax. On Thursday, a jury in a New Orleans suburb convicted Danette Colbert of negligent homicide in Manzano’s death, as well as both Colbert and her accomplice, Rickey White, of racketeering. A third defendant, Christian Anderson, testified against Colbert and White and pleaded guilty to lesser charges in exchange for a six-year prison sentence. Colbert had already been sentenced to 25 years for previous crimes, including theft and fraud, and was classified as a habitual offender. Brian Hinck expressed disappointment in the justice system, saying the two cases have strained his faith in parts of the U.S. criminal justice system. Hinck and his wife, Nicole, are now raising Eleanor, the daughter of both Boyd and Manzano, after her parents died 10 months apart. Hinck mentioned that he and his family are trying to protect Eleanor from the legal details surrounding her parents’ deaths.