DENVER (KDVR) — As the nation follows developments in the search for Nancy Guthrie, Colorado has seen this kind of fear before.
66 years ago this week, the disappearance of brewery executive Adolph Coors III stunned the Front Range and made national headlines.
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On Feb. 9, 1960, the 44-year-old heir to the Coors fortune left his foothills home, headed to work. He never arrived.
Hours later, his carryall truck was discovered on a bridge over Turkey Creek — near where C-470 and U.S. 285 meet today. The engine was still running. Investigators found blood on the front seat, and Coors’ cap and eyeglasses were recovered below the bridge…