Help Find Rachel Cooke

Rachel Cooke

Purpose

The purpose of this webpage and all other continuing efforts is to bring Rachel Cooke home to her family.

January 10, 2002
Rachel, an accomplished cross-country runner, left her home in the Northlake development on FM 3405 northwest of Georgetown, Texas (north of Austin) on the morning of Thursday, January 10, 2002, to go on her usual 3-4 mile morning jog around the neighborhood. Sometime around 11 AM, near the end of her run and possibly within 200 yards of home, she disappeared.

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Please contact the Williamson County Sheriff's Office 512-943-1300, Crime Stoppers 1-800-253-STOP, or email us with any information to help find Rachel.

What's New

Event calendar.

Investigating Missing Persons Conference.

Missing Persons National Round Table Conference.

Convicted killer Michael Keith Moore may be involved in Rachel Cooke's disappearance. Read more.

Free M.U.S.T. Women/Teen self-defense seminar. Sunday, June 24, 2007. Read more.

Robert Cooke joins the Natalee Holloway Search. Read more.

Please visit the Rachel Alert Network.

Law enforcement training on missing person cases from the National Center for Missing Adults and Fox Valley Technical College. Read more

Read the LONDON OBSERVER article on Rachel.

Rachel Alert Network fundraiser cookbook. Read more

The 2004 Run/Walk for Rachel was held on May 15, 2004. Read more

Gratitude and Remembrance Vigil on January 10, 2004. Read more.

View slideshow of Rachel's pictures.

Robert Cooke and John Bish attend National DNA Initiative Meeting.

Read the Search for Rachel Journal

A new guest book has been added. See the bottom of this page.

New media links page created. Read more

The Cookes attended The TEXAS LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN. Read more

The Cookes are members of a special club. A club that no one wants to join. Read more

Rachel's family appeared on THE JOHN WALSH SHOW Friday, October 25, 2002. Read more

The Cookes attended the first White House Conference on Missing, Exploited, and Runaway Children in Washington D.C. Read more

Rachel's Description

Name: Rachel Louise Cooke
Missing Since: January 10, 2002 at 11:00 a.m.
Age: 20
Missing From: Home in North Lake Area, Georgetown, Texas
Sex: female
Height: 5 ft 2 in
Weight: 120 lbs
Eye Color: hazel
Hair Color: blonde with auburn streaks
Race: white
Complexion: fair
Birth Date: May 10, 1982

Distinguishing Marks: Rachel Cooke has pierced ears and a pierced navel. Both ears have multiple piercings, one ear having an upper piercing. She has tattoos of two heart shaped cherries on her left shoulder and a black star on her left foot.
Clothing Description: Green sports top, grey shorts, Asics shoes, and carrying a yellow Walkman

How You Can Help

Please order and wear a Remember Rachel ribbon.

Click here to find out how to get a free bumper sticker.

Add the following to your e-mail signature file:
Help find Rachel Cooke www.rachelcookesearch.org

Download RachelCookeSearch.org banners for your web site. Read more

Rachel's Song
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Search Efforts

The Williamson County Sheriff's Office and concerned townspeople searched several areas during the first few days Rachel was missing. When their search proved unsuccessful, Rachel's family decided to call in a Search and Recovery team whose success rate in returning missing people to their loved ones is higher than average. Texas EquuSearch, a mounted SAR group from Dickinson, in Galveston County (near Houston) was contacted to help. They have been helpful in recent months assisting other law enforcement agencies and families organizing search efforts under similar circumstances around the state. Read more about the search for Rachel.

A special appreciation goes out to Rev. John Selle and the parishioners of the Faith Lutheran Church for allowing the search HQ to be established there. It was very disruptive to their normal activities to have several hundred people and horses, etc. congregating there for deployment.

How Can You Help?

First think of your own family and loved ones and be sure they are always moving about in as safe an environment as possible. Rachel was confident that she was okay jogging in her own neighborhood. She had done it hundreds of times. Make sure your loved ones are always in the company of someone you know when out of the house. It may seem confining, but be prudent and teach your children to be aware of their surroundings and potential dangers, without creating paranoia. There are many educational programs available, usually through your local law enforcement agencies, Search and Rescue groups, churches, Gabriel's Gifts, etc. Particularly useful are updated ID Kits available from The Laura Recovery Center, Gabriel's Gifts, Texas EquuSearch, or other organizations.

Contributions may be made to support the continuing search efforts to bring Rachel home or other search activities needed in the future. These may be sent to:
First State Bank Central Texas
PO Box 1699
Georgetown, TX 78627
c/o Rachel Cooke.

Your interest and participation are appreciated, as we are fully focused on returning Rachel to her family. Please e-mail us if you are interested in helping.

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