Bahamian police arrest Michigan man after wife's disappearance
The U.S. Coast Guard opened a criminal investigation after search crews found no sign of Lynette Hooker and shifted to recovery operations.
- On Wednesday evening, the Royal Bahamas Police Force arrested Brian Hooker in Marsh Harbour, taking him into custody as a suspect in the disappearance of his wife, Lynette Hooker.
- Brian Hooker reported that Lynette Hooker fell overboard from an 8-foot dinghy near Elbow Cay on Saturday, April 4, after she went into the water with the engine keys, disabling the vessel.
- Daughter Karli Aylesworth called for a 'full and complete investigation,' citing the couple's 'history of not getting along, especially when they drink' as reasons for skepticism regarding the husband's account.
- The United States Coast Guard launched a criminal investigation into the case, while Bahamian authorities officially shifted operations from search-and-rescue to a recovery mission.
- While Brian expressed being 'heartbroken' in a public Facebook post Wednesday, Lynette's mother, Darlene Hamlett, told the Associated Press she wants to hear more from her son-in-law about the disappearance.
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The arrest of a U.S. man whose wife has been missing for five days in the Bahamas has put under further scrutiny his account that she fell from her auxiliary boat and was dragged by agitated waters. Brian Hooker was arrested on Wednesday by the Royal Bahamas Police Force in connection with the disappearance of his 55-year-old wife, Lynette Hooker, confirmed his lawyer to CNN. He was arrested “for further questioning based on a certain probable c…
Death in Paradise: When a couple from the United States were on a small boat in front of the Bahamas, the 55-year-old woman suddenly left. While her partner talks about an accident, a daughter of the deceased burdened him severely. According to the husband, the woman accidentally fell off the boat on the local Saturday night in strong wind and moving sea. She was driven in the sea and carried the key of the engine with her. Therefore, he had to …
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