Lynette Hooker search: Coast Guard to ask Bahamas for permission to send in US divers, officials say
Forensic GPS data led investigators to new search areas, and the Coast Guard said 10 U.S. divers may be sent if the Bahamas approves.
- U.S. investigators will soon reopen the search for missing Michigan woman Lynette Hooker in the Bahamas after new GPS data appeared to contradict husband Brian Hooker's initial account of her disappearance, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.
- Brian told authorities in April that Lynette fell from their 8-foot dinghy in the Abacos during a nighttime ride, claiming she was swept away with the boat keys, forcing him to paddle to shore.
- New GPS data shows the device was out on the water, stopping in the Sea of Abaco before returning, which prompted investigators to seek permission from the Bahamian government for a new dive team.
- The planned dive search comes amid an expanding U.S. criminal investigation as the FBI processes evidence at Quantico, including an infrared camera from the seized sailboat, the "Soulmate," and DNA samples from family members.
- Daughter Karli Aylesworth described her 56-year-old mother as an experienced mariner and the couple's relationship as "rocky at best," while Brian has denied wrongdoing and was released without charges after five days of questioning.
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US investigators to reopen search for missing American woman in Bahamas
The U.S. Coast Guard is relaunching its search for an American woman who went missing in the Bahamas after new GPS data appears to contradict her husband’s account of where he was on the night she disappeared. Brian Hooker told authorities his wife, Lynette, fell overboard from an eight-foot dinghy while on the Sea of Abaco on April 4. However, investigators now say he gave them incorrect information about the location, leading them to search in…
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Coast Guard will dive in new area of Bahamas waters in search for Lynette Hooker, official says
The US Coast Guard will send divers to new locations in its search for Lynette Hooker after investigators found inconsistencies between her husbands location data and his statements to investigators about where to search for his wife, a US official familiar with the investigation told CNN.Lynette Hooker, a 55-year-old American mother and sailor, went missing in early April. Her husband of 25 years, Brian Hooker, told authorities she fell from an…
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