Identified? Candle Face Victim #18: The Walkman Left in the Road
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A blog comment tied the runner and her killer from March 8 to a real, long-unsolved Georgetown missing-persons case. A cross-country runner, jogging near home, a yellow Walkman, the overlaps are hard to ignore. I'm holding it as a lead, not a conclusion, and I'm asking readers to leave the family alone.
March 16, 2024
Main subjects:
- Victim #18
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Candle Face
On March 8, 2024, two spirits visited me, a woman and a man. To my surprise, the woman told me the man standing beside her was her killer. She said Candle Face had punished him for disobeying her orders. According to the woman, Candle Face meant for him to take her to a remote place in the woods, but instead, he killed her outright. Candle Face then killed him in return. Now they’re bound together, forced to remain hand in hand until her remains are found.
She shared one detail that may be especially important. After he abducted her, he put her in the trunk of his car and drove off. Then he came back for the Walkman she had dropped during the attack. He found it in the road, picked it up, and left again. She said the batteries and battery case from the Walkman were still there at the abduction site, and that finding them would lead to her remains.
A week later, on March 15, 2024, someone left a comment on my blog, which I call my “Journal,” saying that these two Lost Souls may be tied to a missing-persons case in Georgetown, Texas. The missing person is Rachel Cooke. That caught my attention. I looked into Rachel’s case and found several disturbing similarities that line up with the spirit’s testimony.
There’s a large amount of information online about Rachel Cooke, including social media pages devoted to finding her. KVUE, an ABC affiliate in Austin, is one of the outlets that has covered her case. Their reporting states that Rachel, who was a cross-country runner, a sport I also enjoyed when I was younger, disappeared while jogging along Neches Trail near her parents’ home in Georgetown, Texas.
Read the KVUE report here: www.kvue.com/article/news/local/missing-for-18-years-in-search-of-rachel-cooke/269-5750e8b9-e4c6-4af9-bcd5-d75c4b971648
Another report, from the Austin American-Statesman, says Rachel had a yellow Walkman with her during that final run. Although there have been persons of interest over the years, no arrests have been made, and the case has remained unsolved for twenty-two years.
Read the Austin American-Statesman report here: www.statesman.com/story/news/crime/2021/01/10/williamson-sheriff-has-new-suspect-case-missing-rachel-cooke/6615785002
Could the spirit who came to me be Rachel Cooke? The similarities are striking, but I want to be careful here. The spirit’s account lines up with several parts of Rachel’s disappearance, though many missing persons cases share overlapping details, and it would be a mistake to force a conclusion too early.
For now, this lead needs further investigation. In the meantime, I strongly urge readers not to contact Rachel Cooke’s family directly about this. It’s a sensitive matter, and any further steps, if they’re warranted at all, should be handled by qualified professionals.
Arthur Mills
Arthur Mills served for more than two decades as an Army Intelligence Warrant Officer, specializing in piecing together what others missed: patterns, threats, enemy intent, and clandestine activity. He trained intelligence professionals, built threat models, and briefed commanders and world leaders on global threats and battlefield strategy. After retiring from the military, he moved into private investigation, focusing on missing persons, human trafficking, opposition research, and domestic terrorism. He holds a degree in Counter Terrorism Studies.
He has been writing books since 2006 and is an award-winning author. He publishes under his own name, though much of what he has written has appeared under pseudonyms. Readers may already know those titles without knowing they are his. The separation is intentional. His books invite readers to interpret what is hidden, and so does the way he publishes them.