▁Cor b ett . ▁Due ▁to ▁international ▁ob session ▁with ▁the ▁case , ▁including ▁a ▁picture ▁of ▁Cor b ett ▁in ▁an ▁issue ▁of ▁Re ader ' s ▁Dig est , ▁Cor b ett ▁was ▁recognized ▁by ▁two ▁neighb ors ▁in ▁V ancouver , ▁BC ▁and ▁was ▁arrested . ▁ ▁As ▁there ▁were ▁no ▁witness es , ▁pro sec utors ▁built ▁their ▁case ▁against ▁Cor b ett ▁through ▁circumst ant ial ▁and ▁for ens ic ▁evidence . ▁Cor b ett ' s ▁cow ork ers ▁over he ard ▁him ▁talking ▁about ▁a ▁plan ▁that ▁would ▁ear n ▁him ▁over ▁a ▁million ▁dollars ▁and ▁the ▁r ans om ▁note ▁type face ▁was ▁trac ed ▁back ▁to ▁Cor b ett ' s ▁type writer . ▁The ▁biggest ▁piece ▁of ▁evidence , ▁however , ▁was ▁the ▁d irt ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁under car riage ▁of ▁the ▁yellow ▁Mercur y . ▁Investig ators ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁trace ▁the ▁car ' s ▁path ▁by ▁not ing ▁the ▁rare ▁p ink ▁f eld s par ▁and ▁gran ite ▁min er als ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁Co ors ' ▁body ▁was ▁discovered . ▁Cor b ett ▁was ▁conv icted ▁of ▁first ▁degree ▁murder ▁on ▁March ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 1 9 6 1 , ▁and ▁sent enced ▁to ▁life ▁in ▁state ▁prison . ▁He ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁par ole ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁for ▁good ▁behavior ▁and ▁drove ▁a ▁tr uck ▁for ▁The ▁Salv ation ▁Army ▁until ▁he ▁retired . ▁He ▁died ▁by ▁suic ide ▁at ▁the