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Coast Guard to Request Bahamas Permission for U.S. Divers in Lynette Hooker Search
The Coast Guard Investigative Service plans to seek Bahamian approval to deploy U.S. divers in additional search zones. The request follows new forensic leads from electronic devices belonging to Lynette Hooker's husband.
May 27, 5:47 PM·1m read1 source
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U.S. officials. Forensic evidence recovered from electronic devices belonging to Lynette Hooker's husband, Brian Hooker, has directed investigators to previously unsearched locations.
Hooker was reported overboard the evening of April 4 after the couple left Hope Town on a dinghy bound for their yacht, the Soulmate. Brian Hooker told authorities that bad weather caused the incident. Brian Hooker was arrested April 8, questioned by police, and released April 13 without charges.
On April 14 he told ABC News he intended to remain in the Bahamas to search for his wife. Hours after that interview, Brian Hooker departed the Bahamas; his attorney stated he wished to be with his terminally ill mother. U.S. Coast Guard has seized the couple's boat and is holding it in Florida.
Karli Aylesworth, Lynette Hooker's daughter and Brian Hooker's stepdaughter, has told ABC News she doubted Brian Hooker's account of events.
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