The Puzzling Disappearance of Rachel Cooke Part 1: The Run

Gone Cold - Texas True Crime

Vincent Strange

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🗓️ 21 February 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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On January 10th, 2002, back home in Williamson County on winter break from college in San Diego, 19-year-old Rachel Cooke slept in a little. When she woke up, her parents and sister had all gone about their day. Rachel spoke with her boyfriend back in California for a few minutes, put on her workout clothes, and went for her usual 4 to 6 mile run. Then, as Rachel walked toward the Cooke home, her cooling off period after the run, she seemingly vanished into thin air. The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office told Robert and Janet Cooke that they were overreacting – that Rachel just ran off to party and would be back in no time. When it was finally clear to them that was not the case, plenty of time had already been lost, and there wasn’t a trace of Rachel Cooke to be found.

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0:00.0	The Goncol podcast may contain violent or graphic subject matter, listener discretion
0:06.0	is advised.
0:09.4	Located a little less than 30 miles north of the state capital, Georgetown, Texas was
0:14.5	founded in 1848.
0:18.0	Though the area was already home to a village of Tonkawa Native Americans, the city only
0:23.6	began its journey to becoming what it is today when its namesake.
0:28.5	In Tonkawa Native, George Washington Glasscock donated 172 acres of land while helping create
0:36.0	and organize Williamson County.
0:39.9	Williamson County, by the way, was named after Robert McAlpen, Williamson, also known as
0:45.8	Three Legged Willie.
0:49.0	Williamson was named such because at age 15 he was stricken with the white swelling
0:54.6	or tubercular arthritis, leaving him with a right leg paralyzed from the knee down,
1:00.9	the leg permanently stiffened at a 90 degree angle.
1:05.7	From then on out he used a wooden leg which attached at the knee, the paralyzed portion
1:11.4	of his leg remained and protruded behind him.
1:15.6	But it wasn't the cool nickname that earned him a namesake county.
1:20.7	Later on in life, Williamson became known for his adept understanding of the law.
1:26.6	He was a private practice attorney, a San Felipe district prosecutor, a newspaper editor
1:32.6	and publisher, and even a part of the delegation responsible for the provisional Texas government
1:39.4	just before the state gained its independence.
1:43.1	A master marksman and proficient horseman, Williamson was made major of the Texas Rangers,
1:49.7	was shortly thereafter named a judge, and went on to serve in Texas's Congress.
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