UNSOLVED: What Happened to Kelly Cook?
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- 15-year-old Kelly Cook received a call on April 22, 1981 requesting her babysitting services by a man named Bill Christensen. Bill picked Kelly up that night and she was never seen alive again. Kelly's body was discovered months later, but as of now, no one has been arrested for her murder. This week, Savannah examines Kelly's life, a few of the possible suspects, and explains why this case is one of highest profile cases in Alberta, Canada's history.
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It blows my mind that there was ever a time when you would send your daughter out the door to go drive off with a man no one knows. Wow.
@Last Chance I'm assuming she knows that, but is just blown away her parents let her go with him. I'm really frustrated they did too..
Although, there was never a time when you could do that, there was definitely a time when people got into stranger's vehicles.
It's not the same situation as Kelly & her parents, but hitch hiking used to happen all the time. Which doesn't happen much now, but we do have ubers which to me also doesn't sound safe.
I hope everybody stays safe out there!
I grew up in the same time as Kelly. No way in hell my mom would have let me get into a stranger's car. What the heck was the mom thinking. You just can't do that. Very sad.
The mom was a bit suspiscous and made sure Kelly asked around if they knew a Bill Christensen. I grow up someone close to the area and that name is incredibly common so of course everyone would say yes, that they knew him. Kelly's mom even wanted to meet the guy before they drove off but Kelly assured her it was fine and to not be so paranoid. I am sure she regretted it until her last day and that truly breaks my heart. I would watch Crime Beat with Nancy Hixt. She does an incredible job covering this case and she even grew up in the same area as Kelly.
I can’t imagine letting my child go off w a stranger and not meeting them. I know the parents didn’t imagine this happening but dang it was so preventable
I wonder that too.
I feel the same although like she said it was 40 years ago and times have changed by how dangerous things are now than they were back then.
Her mom made all those phone calls but didn’t go out to meet the random male they’ve never met or heard of before. Ok
I bet the young woman who gave this
"Bill Christianson" Kelly's phone number carries A LOT OF GUILT.... I know I personally would feel partly responsible.
(Even tho there was NO WAY of her knowing this would happen)
She does! I listened to a podcast and she has tremendous guilt. She actually spoke in detail of how this has haunted her throughout the years. She was anonymous because she still lives in fear
@@jackselle4607 ~Oh I'm sure she does carry a tremendous load of guilt on her shoulders bc of this. Also, I'm sure that HER KNOWING that she was HIS FIRST INTENDED VICTIM REALLY AFFECTS HER!! I'M SURE SHE'S GOT PTSD FROM THIS WHOLE ENTIRE SITUATION....🥺😭💔
for some reason when u insert the pics it comes up as red Chinese letters ..?
I’m seeing the same thing🤔
Yes🤔
He took the risk of being known by driving to her house.. her parents could have easily came out the house. Very strange.
What I don’t get is why her parents didn’t want to come out and at least meet this man to maybe then decide
What I don’t get why didn’t her parents go outside with her to see who he was, I’m a mother and I would just never let my daughter go off with a complete stranger without meeting them.I don’t even know what to think about this case other then it’s very frustrating!
Like even if it’s an another generation… you don’t let go your daughter with a stranger without knowing where he was taking her ??
Times may have been very innocent back then, but if they were then so were each gender's roles defined even more so that today, so why didn't they wonder why the mother/wife hadn't called to make such arrangements? Even today it would be more normal for a female to make the first approach to a baby sitter to assuage any worries.
Yeah exactly!!
I’m don’t understand how her parents had her ask all her classmates if they knew the man, but when the man was right outside of their house they didn’t bother to simply go outside and see for themselves if they knew him. 😵💫
Half the video is adds….come on..no other true crime creator put SOOOO many adds!!
I understand your frustration 100% but I kinda like it because sometimes Ill be listening but I have to go somewhere so Ill wait for an ad to leave the room and come back 😂
I grew up in a small town…HOWEVER….I would never have allowed my daughter to babysit at someone’s home I did pet know…HOWEVER…I am not passing judgment….HOWEVER people really need to be more cautious.
Exactly. My parents met every adult I interacted with. They knew where I was at all, times and I grew up in the 80's and my neighborhood was safe. This isn't passing judgment, it is just common sense. This man was a stranger.
@Last Chance right and the fact the mom started looking up his information and everything after the fact they havent heard from her
I dont want to blame the parents..I know it was a different time and era but how could anyone let their child go babysit for a strange man that just randomly called their house that nobody knew anything about. Thats just...weird. 🤔
I'm blaming them. Pure stupidity.
The images are not showing but a red sign with media online in various languages
I was so confused with the first one then it clicked she was trying to show an image. Lol I’m so dumb at times!
Wonder if “Bill” provided any info as far as an address for his residence. Even during that era I am surprised the parents wouldn’t have asked for an address for where Kelly would be. Also, was it possible to trace the phone calls Bill made to the girls. Did the autopsy provide an estimated time of death? Bill could have possibly held her captive for awhile before killing her and dumping her body in the lake. Such a tragic death that could have been prevented.
Almost six minutes of ads. Most true crime videos have one sponsor. Why so many?
Don’t ask. Her stans will say “ShE nEeDs To MaKe MoNeY”
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She says it's because these are video versions of the Killer Instinct podcast, and podcasts operate differently and she's only the face of a larger crew, etc.
What if Bill Christenson grew up in Standard or spent some time there in the past and hadn't been a local in a long time by 1981 ?? I think this could be likely especially since there were Christensons in the area but would someone have used their real last time or last name or a family member ? That's risking being connected fairly easily.. I assume all the Christenson's relatives were looked into but with police investigations I've learned to never assume even the most seemingly obvious things.. so that's where I'd look.. relatives (blood and non blood) of the local Christenson's (possibly having another last name) and who had spent time in Standard but wasn't a local by 1981..
I think the likelihood that the perp has some connection to Standard is very very high opposed to someone who picked the town by random with no connection to it whatsoever.. that's possible but IMO pretty unlikely.
I know it was different times. I grew up in that time, Kelly is just a few years younger than me. There is no way in hell, that my mom would have let me get into a stranger's car, without meeting the person. The man pulled up to their house, why not just go outside to meet him. Takes just a minute. Unbelievable. So very sad. Poor Kelly, RIP. 🌻
I understand that things were done differently back then but I think its incredibly naive to believe that no bad things could ever happen.
I just find it really bizarre to let your daughter go off with a stranger that you didn't even make the effort to talk to. Im sure they wish every day that they did things differently, and obviously the only person to blame for Kelly's death is her killer, its just frustrating hearing that things weren't handled differently.
Within hours of here and I've never heard of it. Unfortunate her parents didn't do their homework into who Bill was or tell her she had to decline. I'm sure they must have struggled with that after the fact.
Right? I get things were different back then but parents still have a fuck about their kids right?
“The remains were found to be Kelly cooks”
ANYWAYS have you heard of this new brand I got a sponsor from 💀💀💀
Oh move on she’s gotta make money somehow
I think based on how many sponsors she has how long they are and the placement of them that it is clear she is needing the extra money so maybe we should try to be more supportive of her
@@kayleashelbourne2135 yeah. So does every other RUclipsr, but they aren’t as disrespectful and money hungry
@@itsmariss6505 or maybe she should listen to her audience ...?
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Why would her mom even let her 15 year old daughter get in to his car I know this is years ago but am I letting my teenage daughter do that not a chance in hell I hope whoever did this they rott in hell and I send my prayers to Kelly's family and may she rest in peace 🙏
30:02 It's possible that she put up a fight, he got frustrated and decided to get rid of her instead. I feel so horrible for her and her family. I hope this horror show is punished.
What made me cry was when kelly's dad said "It's time to turn off the lights on the terrace" It was heartbreaking not knowing what happened to kelly then, the unsolved case gives me goosebumps every time
I have a 15 year old Daughter and I would never allow her to babysit for a stranger. Also why would the school give out personal information of a child?
Yeah isn’t that information confidential in a school
This quite honestly is absolutely heartbreaking!! I literally would be so frustrated if I had no idea what really had happened and I simply would go insane!! My heart goes out to her family!! Bless their hearts!! Anyhow, you are so amazing Savannah and thank you so much for your wonderful content...I really appreciate it!!
I haven't said anything about the sponsors the whole time bc its your coins to earn.... but I've been waiting to not have 7 mins of sponsors mid video since you said there would be a cut back on them awhile ago. I feel like the beginning or end of the video would at least be a goof compromise if there's still going to be this amount/time used for sponsors. Mid video is just... 🥴🥴😩 Like once the video starts, I'd like to stay on track with the storyline and information.
She’s stated before that she can’t put the sponsors at the end because of an agreement between her and the sponsors, as well as this being a simultaneous recording of her podcast and RUclips video. she tried to put them all at the beginning and people still complained so idk what people expect her to do? Like just fast forward through the sponsors or find someone else to listen to for free…
Just skip them?
Fast forward😂
I agree with you so much it ruins the storyline and most often I forget what she was talking about because it’s such a distraction
I saw some chinese writing not the man's picture? ?
This case is by far the creepiest and saddest.
hey girl, none of your pictures uploaded onto the video. i'm sure you've noticed by now, it might be helpful to add them back in especially due to this being a cold case. Love the videos though!
Next case she will cover is how these long ads killed me 🙄😂
Stop expecting people to work for free
You can just skip them….
@@OHsatellites it's not about working for free it's about the amount of time the ads take up compared to the video itself. I support getting sponsors 1000% but it took one whole minute for her to talk plus all the ad time. It's overkill and for me personally, takes away from the crimes.
Edit: I do skip them but it still feels wrong how much time is focused on 5 or 6 ad reads for not only it taking away from the crime but it is such a short video.
Thank god someone said it!
@@daymarie1111 yes! Exactly how I feel. I do skip them because the placement and the length is overkill. Not to mention I feel like putting an 8 minute ad in the middle of discussing a case is somewhat disrespectful
Instead of looking for a “Bill” they should’ve looked for a “william”. Bill is used as a nickname of William
Could you please take the time to go in and add the photos... It would help a lot.
27:55 I wonder if he grew up there or if he lived there as a child with his family for a few years. That would explain how he knew certain things but why no one recognized the sketch. He would know the area and the popularity of that last name, but if he left as a young teenager he might look very different later as an adult.
This is truly frustrating as I feel like so many things could have been prevented!
14:55-21:24 Ad break
He pulled this off perfectly. He had to have thought her parents would at least come out and meet him so he was probably in a disguise. And he probably had a stolen license plate on his car. There is no way he would have just known her parents wouldn’t check him out when he arrived or even said no we can take you so we know where you’re at or what’s the address.
Woah...I'm sorry but what a dumb move on the parents part.
Thought my headphones were messed up for the first 45 seconds of the video I was so upset about my headphones messing up during Sav Time.
I watched an interview with the girl who passed along Kelly’s number. It’s heartbreaking. She feels responsible & guilty to this day for what this monster did.
can u link the interview?
I know everyone uses the excuses of "it was a small town. These kinds of things never happened there" and "it was different at the time". But my grandparents who would be in their 90s if they were alive, were very careful with their two daughters. They would have never allowed their kids to babysit in a stranger's house. I will never understand why some people are so naive. Mean people has always existed.
I also grew up in a small town and everything happens there, just not as often as in big cities. Plus, people also make a bigger effort to hide gruesome incidents. So, not everything goes public.
I get the feeling he was a local, maybe even knew the family
I grew up in a very very small town and in the 80s
I also babysat in the early 90s
However my parents never let me babysit until they spoke to the family I was working for ! And on a few occasions my mom would stop in and make sure everything was okay !
No way they’d let me just go like that .
So strange !
Idk what happened.. I was about 15 mins into this interesting case/video then it suddenly switched to the host pitching products. Not 1. Not 2. Like 3 or 4 infomercials, back to back.
I was born 13 days before this happened. I don't know why that feels so eerie but it does 😦
Even in 94-97 i would have dad's come and pick me up for babysitting jobs. Never thought it was weird getting in their cars because the moms were usually home finishing getting ready. Poor Kelly 😢
This seems like a one man job . I can’t see this being two at all . It also seems like he was planning this and knew exactly what he was doing . He is probably a family man as well I have a feeling.
Parents didn’t even ask the address, or a phone number… they didn’t even went outside to meet the stranger. I’m sorry but In my opinion It’s kinda neglecting your child’s security… we have to take exemple of this case i hope parents will find the peace
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This chick needs to go back to her lifestyle videos. That seems to be her jam. I never came for the lifestyle vids just the true crime ones. At first I enjoyed her but now she’s just making them to ride the $$$ train knowing thousands like true crime videos. For anyone who wants great TC videos without a 8 minute cut of her tryna sell u some crap in the MIDDLE OF A CASE ( and u groupies don’t feed me your BS she needs to make $$ bc based on her subscriber # trust me she’s rolling in the dough! Why is it a thousand other creators have ONE sponsorship in a video & she has 4. Bc she’s greedy! Her contract obligations are for her podcast not the video!) may I suggest Danelle Hallan, Stephanie Harlowe, Brooke Makenna, Elenor Neale, Georgia Marie, John Lordan, Mike from That Chapter. Any of those will give you great cases and great coverage without it sounding like their reading off Wikipedia and newspapers.org those ppl are PASSIONATE about these cases and put their all into them. And best of all at most u get a 2 min sponsor at the beginning and that’s it! Some don’t do sponsors at all. This chick just hopped on their coattails - go back FT to your lifestyle vids n make your fans happy and put us true crime groupies out of agony. I never seen anyone more disrespectful to the victims and their families than you. Peace out child.
Are you only doing true crime now? Are you okay? Something seems off and I miss your lifestyle videos where we could really see your personality and you as a person, hope everything is okay ❤️❤️
I am sorry about your ads are longer than the story you tell
So skip the ads!!
I want to know more about the phone call that was to the school by the Christensen guy. Didn't he tell the first girl that he got her name or her phone number from the school. I'd like to know if that was looked into and if the school really gave out a child's/first girls phone number to this man to call for babysitting. Because schools do not give out that information. I want to know if they really did get that phone number from the school have they talked to the person at the school who gave out the phone number. If he did not get it from the school then he had the first girl's phone number. That means he knew the first girl or got the number from the other person who's involved. I'm not sure but I would really like to know about that connection.
Also I feel like the reason that she died it's maybe she fought them too hard I mean you said that was a two-and-a-half-hour drive. I wonder how long the body had been in the water. Maybe she gave them hell. And I didn't know what to do and so they killed her. You would think if this was trafficking or something like that they would have moved her quickly which it seems like they did because she was already two and a half hours away but we don't know how long the body was there.
I can't imagine a time, circumstance, or occasion when anyone would allow their child (at any age) to get into a car with an unknown individual. The family may have lived in a small town, but how naive would you have to be to allow that to happen? Even hearing this now gives me a sickening feeling. Wouldn't you think common sense or gut instinct would come into play?
Possibly the relative or friend of a local who disposed of Kelly’s body on his way back home, which was why he took extraordinary steps so her body would not be found.
Someone has GOT to go back through this video and count how many times she says the word "However"!! I've never heard anyone use the word "however" so much in my life!! *However*, I have heard other RUclipsrs use their pet words non-stop in their videos... I guess "However" is hers.
Now that’s all I’m going to hear 😂
LOL! If you guys want someone with actual personality, who is not just reading off a script, check out Megan True Crime.
Personally, I have to unsubscribe from this channel, between the ads and the seemingly only wanting to make money and not really seeming to give a shit or two about the tragedies... so sad!
K bye! ☺
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I’m from Alberta and this is a very well known case, this is a small small SMALL town! Hoping this is solved for her family’s sake. Great podcast called Crime Beat that covers this in great detail. Great job Savannah 😊☀️❤️
This is my favorite video of yours! You did a fantastic job covering this and gave so much information! Very interesting to watch!
Why the F#%* did the school release this girls contact info to a stranger?!?
1981 or now it is extremely weird to let your daughter babysit for a random stranger who calls your house then not to go outside and meet this person???????
This isn’t a crime but can you please do a Britney Spears one
Hey Savannah!! Could you please cover the Tamala Hosford case?
I’m from Standard and my grandpa was in one of the search groups.
Thanks for covering but damn I feel like the sponsors took up most of the video
“bill” had to be a local who was familiar with the area and the family. maybe someone who was a part of the school staff? that would explain how he got the girls phone numbers AND how he knew christensen was a common last name.
the length of the sponsorship isn’t the problem- it’s that it’s in the middle of the video.
just say “this video is sponsored by _____” in the beginning and do the ad read at the end like every other youtuber. you know we don’t like it and we’re trying to give you polite constructive criticism but you won’t listen.
H3h3 does their ad read in the middle of their podcast. I just fast forward🤷
Either Savannah is right and there are TWO people involved, one local and one not local, or there is another explanation. The fact that he seemed to be so familiar with the local community and was using the last name of a family who was prominent in the community leads me to believe that perhaps the suspect had grown up in the community, was known by the locals but not well enough to be remembered over a period of time. Either his family or he himself moved away during his high school years, or shortly thereafter and he returned to the community years later when he was much older and his physical appearance had changed enough so that he was not recognizable to the locals. The reason I believe that he returned to the community when he was much older is because none of the locals seemed to know who he was, even though he himself seemed to know so much about the community itself.
I think he also could've lived there in the past or spent some kind of time in the town before.
Love hearing stories from my Provence!!! Honestly had no idea this had happened so close to home
I really hate that there is literally 6 minutes of ads in the middle of a 35 minute video it’s so annoying I wish she would not do so many per video
So the autopsy right they think she was strangled. The person who killed her could have been to simple minded to not wear gloves. It sounds dumb but hear me out, if it was a two man job and one person had the brains the brains guys wasnt that smart when he told the guy who was doing it to just pick her up cause what if her parents went out to me him. That didnt happen but that was a simple minded move so could they have found finger prints on her body when she was strangled? And seeing as she was found on the shores of the lake why didnt they search the lake for anything. Also why didn't the police ask around to the people who lived around the lake cause maybe they saw somthing and they new what it was.
Doubt this helps, and I’m sure police analyzed this already, but “Christiansen” is a VERY Danish surname.
Hi Savannah I hope all is well thank you for the videos hope you have a awesome weekend 💜😻 rip Kelly cook 🤍
Hey savannah and welcome back with another incredible episode of killer instinct . it's quite unfortunate that she met her end , especially a brutal end at the hands of a sick individual(or individuals)😨
Oh my god, that poor girl! She probably feels so horrible for giving Bill Christiansen the phone number for Kelly! That would haunt me for the rest of my life
Let's talk about the school? Why are you handing out student's phone numbers? Did anyone talk to the school to see if someone called looking for the girl's number, and if so maybe they gave their real info? Idk seems crazy to me that the school was like sure random man who says he is Bill Christiansen, I will gladly give you a child's contact info over the phone. Also, like maybe if he was local-ish he knew the 1st girl to ask for her by name?
100% agree it’s so weird to me that the school would just hand the student number also can’t they look through the schools record to see what the number he called from like ??? So many questions really sad case
I suspect this was fabricated and the culprit must be known to the first girl bc he knew her number
My god what a horrible case. The poor girl was literally delivered to her killer. Red flags everywhere that everyone ignored. Just tragic.
This case is heartbreaking let's hope were ever kelly is she's at peace thanks 4 sharing this case see u next week princess 👸💗 x
Whoever did this and gave the number so Kelly could babysit feels is trash ! Poor Kelly.
Not if “Bill” was a kid when he lived in Standard. Motive either a babysitter assaulted him and his sibling when younger or lost/ caused death of friend or child so revenge. Most likely sounds like babysitter allowed the child to go missing so “ Bill” made the babysitter go missing.
Why didn’t the parents take the license plate number of the person that was coming to pick her up?
that poor girl is probably full of regret and guilt. 🙁
You put way too many ads in for covering cases of murdered people. You should be sensitive to the families and not have ads throughout the entire video 🙄🤷
hello! I was wondering if u could cover the story of Lisa McVey I feel like it’s not a very “popular” case (btw idk if u already did that case in a video I don’t remember💀) but anyway that case for me was so good and interesting and heartbreaking
It's going to take a death bed confession from someone who knew the killer and listened to him confess
I wonder if the initial 17-year-old victim was on a sports team, like cheerleading or something, and had a game in the perpetrator’s town which is how he became aware of her? I feel so strongly too that the perpetrator had kids so maybe he was watching his child’s game?
Yay so ready to watch!!
Although this could’ve easily been prevented, I can never blame parents for their children being kidnapped. I’m sure it’s hard work to constantly keep tabs on all your kids 24/7. Seems like they tried to have safety protocols in place like verifying the family and having the girls call when arriving. Sounds like the girls did these baby sitting gigs all time and I’m sure there have been times when the parents didn’t really know the family but because of the familiar last name or relation to someone in town, they let them go in the past. It’s just sad they were too unassuming this time where this murderer had the perfect opportunity.
I am always looking forward to your videos
The fact that he took pains to conceal the body shows he might be a local.
I’ve been busy lately but I’m still here to watch(:
I watched this video after watching your video on Margaret Fox...and hear me out...this could very well be the same guy. Yes, two different geographical locations, but also two very different time frames. The guy who abducted Margaret Fox could have decided to move, start fresh in a small town in another country and blend in with a common name. The strategy for the abductions were the same. Just my thought after watching these videos back to back 🤷♀️
Can’t see the photos:(
I couldn’t either :(
Bless this family but omg to be this trusting with your child 🙀never ever would my mom allow this and of course never with my kids. I grew up in the 80s after this happened. The 80s was the decade a lot of kidnappings happened.
Vannah, I love you. I know that case sounds like a movie I own, I maybe reaching so I will not say it. Yes it could be more than one person and maybe he could be In jail already for something else or dead. Thank you for the upload ❤️💛🧡💜
The image of the sketch looked like foreign writing. Just me? And I don’t care how different the time was I don’t understand how you don’t even walk out and meet the guy. However I’m sure her parents lived with that decision, or at least her mother for the rest of her life. So sad! And wait I mean what was this guy planning if someone DID go out to the car to meet him? Like there seems like there would be such a high likelihood of that happening where the parents did go out to meet this stranger who was picking up her daughter. Idk- by the way, “seeked” isn’t a word girl, It’s sought. Anyways I pray for her family I’m sure there was Justice for “Bill” and all involved in the afterlife
Hello I have been waiting all day for your upload ❤️
Love this podcast you helped do a podcast with my bestfriend
I just downloaded this, let’s enjoy it after your video! 💛☺️
Sending my prayers 🙏🏻and love ❤️ too the victim family
was the place where her body was found close to where the 911 call came from
I hated the ear splitting excessive echo in the start of the video... We get it- you have a huge apartment.