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Lynette Hooker search: Coast Guard wants to send US divers to Bahamas

Lynette Hooker search: Coast Guard wants to send US divers to Bahamas

Summary

The U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service is planning to ask the Bahamas for permission to send American divers to search new areas for Lynette Hooker, who has been missing since April 4 after going overboard near the Bahamas. Evidence from the electronic devices of her husband, Brian Hooker, has led investigators to these new search locations.

Key Facts

  • Lynette Hooker went missing on April 4 after falling off a boat in the Bahamas.
  • The Coast Guard wants to send U.S. divers to help search in new areas.
  • New search areas were identified after forensic evidence was found on Brian Hooker’s electronic devices.
  • Brian Hooker was arrested on April 8 but released without charges on April 13.
  • Brian Hooker left the Bahamas to care for his terminally ill mother.
  • Lynette’s stepdaughter has expressed doubts about Brian Hooker’s story.
  • The Coast Guard has seized the couple’s boat and moved it to Florida.
  • The Coast Guard Investigative Service is leading the investigation into Lynette Hooker’s disappearance.
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