- Joseph Corbett, Jr.
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subject_name = Joseph Corbett, Jr.
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date_of_birth = Birth date and age|1928|10|25
place_of_birth =Seattle, Washington
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alias = Walter Osborne
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penalty = Life imprisonment
status = Paroled (1978)
occupation =Joseph Corbett, Jr., a former
Fulbright scholar, became the 127th fugitive named on theFBI 's Ten Most Wanted list, placed thereMarch 30 ,1960 for thekidnap and subsequentmurder ofAdolph Coors III , heir to theCoors Beer fortune. [ [http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/topten/topten.pdf FBI pdf source document listing all Ten Most Wanted year by year] ]A nationwide manhunt was conducted that spanned from
California toAtlantic City, New Jersey , and eventually toVancouver, British Columbia ,Canada . He was finally arrestedOctober 29 ,1960 in Vancouver by Canadian police after two Canadian citizens recognized him from a November 1960 "Reader's Digest " article. [ [http://douglascountyhistory.org/faweb/coors/coorsfa.html Douglas County Sheriff's Office] , Adolph Coors, III Murder Investigation Records 1960, Processed by Shaun Boyd, April, 2000]Corbett was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Corbett was paroled in 1978. As of 2000, he was living in
Denver, Colorado .References
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