064 - The Disappearance of Rachel Cooke

Trace Evidence

Steven Pacheco

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.7 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2018

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Nineteen year old Rachel Cooke had been attending college in San Diego. There, she met and fell in love with a man with whom she hoped to create a brilliant and beautiful future. Rachel was pursuing a career in fashion, and she had completely fallen in love with California, which was entirely different from her small hometown of Georgetown, Texas.

In December of 2001, Rachel returned home for the holidays. Her boyfriend came along, though he would return back to California before New Years. He had work to attend to, and the two of them had recently decided to move in together in the new year. Rachel decided to stay in Georgetown a little longer, so she could attend her cousin’s wedding. Everything was going well, until the morning of January 10th, 2002.

Rachel went out for her usual morning run, but she never came home. When her parents realized she was missing, the Sheriff’s department was contacted. Despite exhaustive searches, media coverage and endless missing person’s fliers, Rachel was nowhere to be found. Over the course of the next sixteen years, multiple eyewitnesses would come forward telling different stories, including a confession, later recanted by a convicted killer.

What happened to Rachel Cooke and who is responsible for this atrocious crime? Join host Steven Pacheco as he examines this heartbreaking and baffling case.

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Network Rail.
0:04.0	It's easy to disappear into your own bubble when you're out and about,
0:08.0	whether you're lost in your thoughts or lost in nature.
0:11.0	The last thing on your mind is the danger of trains at level crossings.
0:16.0	Beware the bubble, stay aware, take care and help us keep you safe at level crossings.
0:31.0	Rachel Cook was a brilliant and beautiful young woman who had big dreams and lofty goals.
0:38.0	Born and raised in Georgetown, Texas, her love of life and her focus on fashion
0:44.0	would take her to Southern California, where she attended school with a keen eye set on a bright future.
0:51.0	While her family worried about her being out there in the big world,
0:56.0	it would be her own small town that would ultimately provide the greatest threat against her safety.
1:03.0	Rachel returned home in the winter of 2001, planning to stay through the holidays
1:08.0	and then a few extra days to attend her cousin's wedding.
1:12.0	Her boyfriend at the time had traveled with her, but returned to Southern California just before New Year's.
1:18.0	And so Rachel had approximately two weeks to spend just with her family.
1:24.0	In preparation for the wedding, she made arrangements to go shopping with her father
1:29.0	and then spend the evening with close friends from high school.
1:33.0	Everything appeared to be just another normal family visit, but things would dramatically change.
1:40.0	An avid runner, Rachel woke up on the morning of January 10, 2002,
1:46.0	planning to follow her normal morning routine of running several miles to get her day jump started.
1:53.0	She exited the family home sometime after 9 a.m. and never returned.
1:59.0	When her family realized what had happened later that day, they searched everywhere for Rachel
2:05.0	before filing a report with the local sheriff's department.
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