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What happened to Randall Cooke? Suspect arrested after Uber Eats driver dismembered remains are found in trash bag

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Henry Morales

Published Jan 11, 2026

On Tuesday, April 25, Florida specialists declared that a MS-13 gangster has been captured for the homicide of 59-year-old Randall Cooke, a Uber Eats driver who was accounted for missing on April 19. As indicated by examiners, 30-year-old gangster Oscar Solis requested food to his home, driving Randall Cooke to acknowledge the conveyance.

At the point when Cooke showed up, Solis supposedly looted and killed the Uber Eats laborer prior to dissecting the body.

Trigger admonition: This article concerns a homcide investigaiton and a grim wrongdoing. Peruser’s caution is encouraged.

Oscar Solis, who functions as a strip club safety officer, has been accused of homicide in association with the case. Authorities expressed that he is related with an Indiana part of the MS-13.

Fox News revealed that Randal Cooke’s significant other called the police after he neglected to get back following the conveyance. He had told her he was making the last conveyance of the evening and would be home before long. She became concerned when he quit answering her texts.

Specialists reached Uber Eats, who gave the casualty’s most recent area. At the point when police showed up at the home where Cooke was evidently eviscerated, nobody addressed the entryway. Specialists expressed that they saw no indications of dubious movement and accordingly left the scene.

On April 21, specialists got back to the scene and addressed a tenant of the home. The tenant furnished them with observation film which showed Randall Cooke at the yard of the house with a food request.

Separate film showed Oscar Solis and one more individual leaving the house with garbage sacks. According to the New York Post, Pasco Region Sheriff Chris Nocco said that the packs contained human remaining parts, persuading officials to think that they were Randall Cooke’s eviscerated body parts.

Oscar Solis moved to Florida in January of this current year after he was let out of an Indiana jail released early. He had as of late completed the process of serving four years on charges of threatening behavior.

Randall Cooke was murdered last week while making an Uber eats delivery. I’ve been talking with the family the last few days. It’s heartbreaking to hear how hurt they are. The suspected murderer is in custody. He was a known gang member.

— Malique Rankin (@MaliqueRankin) April 25, 2023


As per authorities, Solis apparently moved to Florida to live nearer to his dad. Notwithstanding, not long after he showed up, his dad left his home. While he was subsidiary with MS-13 in Indiana, it is obscure assuming he had any association with the Florida-based individuals from the group.

Talking about the occurrence, Chris Nocco addressed why Solis completed the wrongdoing in such a ruthless way, particularly given that Oscar Solis and Randall Cooke didn’t have a clue about one another before the homicide.

“You’re discussing a vicious person that Indiana delivered and sent down to Florida. They delivered him released early. Sadly, presently we have a dedicated person, a caring spouse, who is no longer with us since this brutal individual killed him.” The New York Post noticed that Solis has a broad criminal history which incorporates battery, opposing capture, and the cutting of an individual jail prisoner.