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Last seen January 10, 2002From the cited official record
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The DOJ written statement gives January 10, 2002 as the last seen date for Rachel Louise Cooke. The reporting agency is Williamson County (TX) Sheriffs Department.
Date label: Last seen January 10, 2002. The date type shown here follows the official source and is not silently replaced by another event date.
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Rachel Cooke
The Vanished Podcast · 55 min · January 6, 2017
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Last seen January 10, 2002. The date type shown here follows the official source and is not silently replaced by another event date.
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Williamson County (TX) Sheriffs Department. This is the reporting-agency field, not a last-seen place.
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California Department of Justice Missing Persons. Official source checked October 21, 2026.
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Official source checked October 21, 2026.
The NamUs header gives January 10, 2002, but its own jogging account does not independently write that day. The county record separately dates the run on January 10 and the report on January 11. Preserve the DOJ case field 02-0100126, the NamUs field 2002-01-00052 and the DPS clearinghouse identifier M0201004 without declaring them equivalent.
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