On September 8, 2003 Mr. Cooke posted a special message regarding a self defense class for women that is to be held on September 29,2003, as follows:

"I have an information sheet created for the M.U.S.T Women's Self-defense Class on September 29 in Georgetown, Texas. I hope those of you living in Central Texas will consider attending the class."
Please visit :
http://www.rachelcookesearch.org/must

Find out how you can help at the following links. The web sites also include photos of Rachel Cooke:

Interview with Robert Cooke (Rachel's Father) January 13, 2003
http://crime.about.com/library/blfiles/bl-robertcookechat.htm

Rachel Cooke web site:
http://www.rachelcookesearch.org/index.html
http://rachelcookesearch.org/

My prayers are with the Cooke family- and especially with Rachel. A beautiful young lady....I hope she is returned to her family soon.

Please help me understand...
This is a portion of news article on a post from the Laci Peterson forum.

"..Terry Fleck, a dog handler who has contracted with various Tahoe-area law enforcement agencies for 20 years, said dogs could track a scent even if Laci Peterson was in a moving vehicle, such as a boat trailer attached to a pickup.

"Scent percolates off of a person and drops to the ground," Fleck said. "You don't necessarily have to walk the route."

Teams of dogs can track over long distances by "leapfrogging" -- where one dog goes miles ahead on the last known trajectory and tries to pick up the scent, Fleck said.

"As long as the scent is available to the dog," Fleck said, "they can work it."

What I don't understand is why if Fleck is so right then why can't all of our missing children be found ?

Rachel, like so many other missing children was jogging, some of the missing kids were riding their bikes, while others were walking their dogs, or walking to/from school and their dorms etc. Why can't LE use the same methods to find these kids ??? I know LE does use K-9 so why not find the kids?

Link to the complete news article: http://www.webbsleuths.com/dcf/DCForumID105/728.html

Second like he said in the news clip there has to be a scent to follow. Scent is a fickle thing, it can be covered up by something more powerful, washed out by rain, automobile exaust and rubber from the tires can do searious damage to a scent trail. Or if it's just a high traffice area the scent can be quickly burried.

Some of these dogs can do amazing things, but they, like their handlers, have to work with what their given. Or, that big bad nasty we keep running into, Funding. Training and certification isn't cheap and most of the time that money isn't donated, it all comes out of the handlers pocket. While we'd all love to track and trail until everyone is found, alot of times finances prohibit it. The dogs can't really focus on what their doing if their handler can't keep them in kibble.

p.s. I miss u baby...too much!!!

Hey did u check ur mail yet? :)

http://rachelalert.org/run.html

There is a simply gorgeous T-Shirt to purchase online...it has a hand drawn picture of Rachel on it, drawn by her mother Janet...and it is really lovely...I've got one too, wearing it as I type :)& I know it helps their cause so much...

Anyway I know u'll look pretty good in one of those sam hehehe..luv u xx