The Puzzling Disappearance of Rachel Cooke Part 2: The Promise

Gone Cold - Texas True Crime

Vincent Strange

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

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🗓️ 28 February 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Part 2 of 5. 19-year-old Rachel Cooke’s disappearance consumed her father, Robert Cooke. While the month following saw incredible activity in the form of searches from incredibly valuable Texas-based organizations and The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office, that activity dwindled as the year went on. New composite sketches and heightened media presence due to the Cooke family’s persistence seemed like promising prospects. But even after what might be the largest search and recovery operation the county had ever seen, the efforts fell short and there still wasn’t a trace of Rachel Cooke to be found.

If you have any information about the disappearance of Rachel Louise Cooke, please contact the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office at (512) 948-2911 or their cold case tip line at (512) 943-5204.

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0:00.0	Before we begin this episode of Gone Cold, we'd like to ask you all a favor.
0:07.0	Our good friend Arlene's uncle and best friend, Leon Lorales, was senselessly murdered
0:13.4	on May 10, 1996, just outside of Brownwood, Texas.
0:19.0	If you'd like to hear more about the case, you can listen to our episodes by going back
0:23.8	to May 2021.
0:26.5	The case is complicated and Arlene has been the lone force fighting for justice for Leon.
0:33.6	That's where you can help.
0:35.5	If you are able, please consider donating to the GoFundMe campaign to help Arlene commission
0:41.3	a memorial for her uncle and most importantly, hire a private investigator to find out what
0:47.5	happened to Leon and bring his killer or killers to justice.
0:53.2	We'll provide a link in this episode's show notes to Leon's GoFundMe.
0:57.8	Again, if you can, please donate.
1:01.0	Thanks y'all.
1:02.8	The Gone Cold podcast may contain violent or graphic subject matter.
1:06.9	Listener discretion is advised.
1:10.4	Back home in Williamson County, Texas on winter break from Mesa, Jr. College in San Diego,
1:16.6	California.
1:17.6	19-year-old Rachel Louise Cook was still asleep on the family's living room sofa when her
1:23.4	parents left for work and her sister for school on Thursday, January 10, 2002.
1:30.8	Immediately upon waking up, Rachel spoke with her boyfriend back in San Diego, Greg West,
1:37.5	from about 9 to 9 15 AM, before going out for her routine morning run around the North
1:43.6	Lake neighborhood, just northwest of Georgetown.
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