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Castle Rock was founded in 1874 but did not become an incorporated town until April 14, 1881. Happy 141st birthday this month, Castle Rock!
appeared that Mr. Coors had been shot in the right thorax and the pelvis.
Corbett had been followed to Toronto, Ontario by
the FBI. They tracked him to Vancouver, British Columbia and on October 29, 1960, they knocked
on an apartment door. Corbett cracked the door and gave himself up.
A little more than 13 months after Adolph Coors III met his fate on a dilapidated bridge, Corbett would face a Golden jury. That jury would deliberate for two days and take 12 ballots before convicting Corbett of rst-degree murder.
Corbett was originally released on parole in July 1979 after serving a little less than 19 years for Coors’ murder. He immediately boarded a plane for San Francisco where he had a place
to live, then ew back to Denver the next day to close his bank account — a violation of the terms of his parole.
On Friday, Dec. 12, 1980 Joe Corbett walked out the front gate of the Cañon City prison for the second and nal time.
Over the years many reporters tried to contacted Corbett for an
interview. Only once did
he talk–with Denver Post reporters Paul Hutchinson and Marilyn Robinson. He expressed a fascination with the 1932 kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh’s baby, talked of
the hostility he felt from some strangers, and denied — again — any involvement in the Coors murder.
Corbett was later diagnosed with cancer and started to slow down, having trouble climbing stairs without stopping to take a break. On Monday, August 24, 2009, Mark Johnson,
the manager at the Royal Chateau Apartments on S. Federal in Denver where Corbett lived for more than 25 years, entered Corbett’s apartment when he noticed Corbett had not gotten the newspaper. He was shocked at what he found in the bedroom.
Corbett lay in bed, motionless. He had a single gunshot wound to his head.
A pistol lay nearby. First responders came upon receiving the 911 call. At 8:28 a.m., Joe Corbett was pronounced dead.
He left no note and no one claimed his body. l
Special thanks to Julia Waters in the Douglas County Library Archives for her assistance!
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