Liz Cook (Sonja Bennett) is the hidden secondary villainess of the 2011 Lifetime film Gone (airdate June 27, 2011). She was a cop who was on the call (along with partner Dennis Baldwin) when Amy Franklin’s young daughter, Emily, was kidnapped.
Her abduction was part of a conspiracy that was orchestrated by the film’s hidden main villainess in order to force Amy to kill Ed Borden, a reporter looking to expose a group that had stolen a flu vaccine and planned to sell it on the black market; if Amy didn’t comply, Emily would die.
While following a suspect, Liz ordered Dennis out of her car and falsely informed Amy that Baldwin was part of the plot. She took Baldwin’s gun while holding him at gunpoint, removed Amy’s handcuffs, and gave her a gun of her own—which Amy pointed at Dennis while demanding to know Emily’s whereabouts. At that moment, however, Liz revealed herself as a villainess by shooting Baldwin in his abdomen, which quickly led to his death.
Liz’s plan was to frame Amy for Baldwin’s murder, and she chased after the protagonist, intent on killing her. She later returned to Amy’s home and asked her mother for her daughter’s whereabouts. Later on, the evil cop was seen on the porch of the home of politician Paula Stronin, who was exposed as the true mastermind behind the theft of the flu vaccine; her motive for engineering the conspiracy was to pay off her debts. After Amy killed co-conspirator Duncan Hall (Emily’s kidnapper and the film’s tertiary villain), she held Liz at gunpoint and instructed her to exit her car. After the villainess was quickly handcuffed to said car, Amy forced her to reveal Emily’s new whereabouts: the car’s trunk. Though it was not shown, Liz was most likely arrested for her role in the conspiracy.
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- Sonja Bennett also played serial robber Beth on Tru Calling, callous conspirator Sandi Clark in Held Hostage, and crazed stalker Chelsea Richmond on Motive.
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