The 1960 murder of Adolph Coors III was one of Colorado’s greatest tragedies. The 44-year-old chairman of Adolph Coors Co., Ad Coors, was killed in a botched kidnapping attempt by Joseph Corbett ...

It belonged to Adolph Coors III, the 44-year-old chairman of the Golden brewery and the grandson of its founder — one of the state’s best known and most influential citizens.

Seven months before, on Feb. 9, the 44-year-old heir to the Coors Brewing empire, Adolph Coors III, had disappeared on his way to work, leaving behind an abandoned, bloodstained car on a country ...

DENVER — Joe Corbett, free from prison since 1980 for the 1960 murder of Adolph Coors III, took his own life Monday with a gunshot to his head. Corbett, 80 and diagnosed with cancer, ...

Adolph Coors III left his house west of Denver on a February morning headed to work at the brewery, where he was CEO. A car blocked his way on a bridge, where he encountered Joseph Corbett Jr.

On this day, Feb. 9, in 1960, Coors brewery heir Adolph Coors III was kidnapped and held for ransom in Colorado before being shot to death. The FBI launched one of its largest manhunts ever for a ...

Fifty six years ago, Joseph Corbett Jr. was convicted of kidnapping and killing the heir to the Coors Brewing Company. The ransom note that he left Adolph Coors III’s wife is the Federal Bureau ...

On this day, Feb. 9, in 1960, Coors beer heir Adolph Coors III was shot to death in a botched kidnapping attempt on his way to the family brewery in Golden, Colo. Eight days later, a burned-out ...

A man convicted in the 1960 slaying of the Coors brewery founder's grandson, one of Colorado's most notorious cases, has died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot.

Killer of Adoph Coors III commits suicide DENVER, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- An 80-year-old Denver man convicted of kidnapping and killing beer empire heir Adolph Coors III has killed himself, officials say.