The Puzzling Disappearance of Rachel Cooke Part 3: The Confession

Gone Cold - Texas True Crime

Vincent Strange

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

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🗓️ 7 March 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Part 3 of 5. Rachel Cooke’s parents believed their daughter was no longer alive, but still held out a sliver of hope that she was. In 2006, four years after her January 2002 disappearance, those hopes were completely dashed when a convicted killer confessed to bludgeoning, raping, and killing Rachel. Among this convicted killer’s many disdainful qualities, however, was a predilection to lying simply to cause confusion or emotional pain. Did Michael Keith Moore really kill Rachel Cooke or was his admission just a ick and psychopathic game?

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 Lourales, was senselessly murdered
0:13.2	on May 10, 1996, just outside of Brownwood, Texas.
0:19.0	If you'd like to hear more about that case, you can listen to our episodes on it by going
0:24.0	back to May 2021.
0:27.4	All of our other podcast pals have covered Leon's case too, so go check out those on
0:33.5	the fall line, murder in my family, and Texas wine and crime.
0:38.8	Arlene has been the lone force fighting for justice for Leon, but there's a major way you
0:44.5	can help.
0:46.0	If you're able, please consider donating to the GoFundMe campaign to help Arlene commission
0:51.4	a memorial for her uncle and most importantly, hire a private investigator to find out what
0:57.2	happened to Leon.
0:59.6	His killer or killers need to be brought to justice.
1:04.1	We'll provide a link in this episode's show notes to Leon's GoFundMe.
1:08.8	Again, if you can, please donate.
1:11.9	Thanks y'all.
1:13.2	Also, I had written in the show notes and social media posts for last week's episode on Rachel
1:19.2	Cook's disappearance that it was part two of three.
1:22.8	Well, I spoke too soon.
1:25.4	We're going to have to do four just to heads up.
1:28.6	If you're listening to this without listening to parts one and two, you'll likely want
1:32.7	to go back and do that before proceeding.
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