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Alec Cooke Missing Person Case

Last seen in Haleiwa, Hawaii on Oct 27, 2015

Victim Details

May 02, 2020

Aug 12, 2020

Alec

Cooke

69

59

69 inches

160 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Oct 27, 2015

Haleiwa

Hawaii

Honolulu County

96712

No

81811

Honolulu Police Department

Honolulu

Hawaii

Honolulu County

96813

Michael Garcia

Detective

801 South Beretania Street, Hawaii

8085293111

Local

Law Enforcement

http://www.honolulupd.org

15-430826

2015-10-28

Honolulu Police Department

8369

White

Blue

Blue

08/02/2026


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Alec Cooke, a 59-year-old male surfer from the North Shore of Oahu, was last seen on October 27, 2015, near Waimea Bay in Haleiwa, Hawaii, where he had gone into the ocean during powerful surf conditions. Public missing-person records identify him as a White/Caucasian man, about 5 feet 9 inches tall and 160 pounds, with white hair and blue eyes, and note that he was wearing a white T-shirt and plaid surf-style shorts when he disappeared.

Cooke was not a casual beachgoer caught unexpect ...
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