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Kelly Cook

Case from Taber, Alberta dated Apr 22, 1981

Victim Details

Kelly Cook

Female

White / Caucasian

Taber

Alberta

1981-04-22

15

Kelly

Cook

10/01/2026

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Kelly Jane Evelyn Cook was a 15-year-old girl who lived with her family in the small village of Standard, Alberta. Although her remains would eventually be found near Taber, online records place her home in Standard and show that she disappeared on April 22, 1981, rather than October 1. On the morning she vanished, Kelly received a telephone call from a man who identified himself as "Bill Christensen." He said he needed someone to babysit that evening, and arrangements were made for him to pick ...
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