Christian Cook

4/12/23 UPDATE:

We found out today that the Colorado Victims fund will pay for 9k out of the 11k of the required amount to cover Christian's funeral expenses. We are deactivating donations at this time. Thank you to everyone who shared and donated. You are so deeply appreciated.

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Easter day 2023 we got the worst call of our lives.

Our son Christian was found dead between the railroad tracks and highway in the same town he grew up in. As we prepare to try to wrap our heads around this there are things that we have to immediately tackle. Christian needs to be laid to rest. We could never have thought we would be looking at burial plots and caskets for our 31-year-old Son. Simply put, we were not prepared. We need your help.

We are asking for help that would give us the ability to have a funeral with services. There are options that include cremation however we deeply crave the closure we hope we can begin with seeing him in an open casket and having that chance to say goodbye.

Any public search of "Fountain Colorado, body found next to railroad tracks" will bring up the story as covered by the local news.

When asked by several of the local news stations for a statement we provided the following:

When I asked my Husband what he wanted to share he had so many things he wanted the world to know about Christian. The list was endless and will always be endless as we will find ways to honor his memory and be reminded of him every day.

“Christian was human, just like you and me. He was charismatic. He was passionate and intelligent. They robbed the world of such a talented kid. He was my right-hand man. He helped me work on my business. He was the kid that could walk up and fix a problem in ten minutes that a group of old pros of their trade had been scratching their heads about for hours. He was just wonderful. “ -Christian’s Father, James Cook.

Christian was our son. He was a man, a person, and a human; he was OUR SON. He was also a Father, a Brother and a dear friend to so many people. Christian had some hardships and struggles throughout his life. We tried to be there for him when we could but nothing could ever prepare us to say goodbye to our child. Not like this. We are devastated. We will be devastated for the rest of our lives. His siblings will be devastated for the rest of their lives. His children will grow up never having the chance to build a relationship with their Dad. He had two brothers who called him their best friend, and a little sister who looked up to him. Please…please see him as we did and always will- as a human who did not deserve to be executed and left on the side of the highway, abandoned and alone. Our hearts are broken by how many people have stated that they drove past and saw a body- for hours people drove by and saw him. No one called till the railroad employee made the report- we would like to thank that railroad employee from the bottom of our hearts for making that call.

ALL of us live our lives everyday thinking “These things will never happen to us.” It’s just some shocking local news.

This time it did happen. It happened to him. It happened to our entire family.

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The date we have chosen for his services is tentative. At this time they still have not released his body from the coroner's office. His death was ruled a homicide so we are unsure what factors might be involved before we can begin the process of laying him to rest.

We will do our best to update this story along the way, as we know more. We will also be checking in with our emotional validity before we attempt to be present with social media like this gofundme. Please be patient with us during this time.