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Mar 28, 2016 · March 28, 2016. A Look Back at the Coors Kidnapping Case. Law Enforcement Collaboration and Public Assistance Played Key Role. This March 19, 1951 mug shot was taken upon Joseph Corbett, Jr.’s...
Oct 6, 2017 · October 6, 2017. Listen Now. Joseph Corbett, Jr., the FBI's most-wanted man until his capture in Vancouver, B.C., appeared meek and subdued as he is led before Federal Dist. Judge W.J. Lindburg...
Joseph Corbett Jr. (October 25, 1928 – August 24, 2009) was an American fugitive, murderer, and prison escapee who, in 1960, was placed on the FBI's 10 most wanted list after kidnapping and murdering Adolph Coors III, heir to the Coors beer fortune.
In 1961, Joseph Corbett Jr. was convicted and sentenced for the murder of Adolph Coors III, heir to the Coors Brewing Company fortune. On February 9, 1960, a milkman discovered an abandoned...
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Adolph Coors disappears while driving to work from his Morrison, Colorado, home. The grandson of the Coors founder and chairman of the Golden, Colorado, brewery was kidnapped and held for ransom before being shot to death. Surrounding evidence launched one of the FBIs largest manhunts: the search for Joe Corbett.
Eight days after Coors was kidnapped, a car was found on fire in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The gasoline-fueled fire had been deliberately set, but it couldnt destroy the serial number imprinted on the engine. The car was traced back to Corbett, whose yellow Mercury had been spotted by many witnesses in the area of the crime in the days leading up ...
Corbett never testified at his trial and never made any statement, but the evidence was enough to convince the jury who convicted him in 1961. He was released in 1978.
- Missy Sullivan
With their striking blue eyes and warm smiles, Felicia and Joseph A. Corbett made a stunning couple. They would walk into a room ‹ she in a carefully coordinated outfit and he looking as if he had stepped out of a J. Crew catalogue ‹ and they would invariably be the best-dressed couple. Their love for each another was contagious. "They'd ...
Sep 19, 2017 · When the FBI realized Osborne was really an alias of Joe Corbett, they made the convict a Top Ten fugitive. Ad Coors's body was discovered by hikers south of Denver that September, and Corbett...
