Brian Hooker’s stepmom wants to help investigators as she suspects he ‘lied about everything’: reports

"Knowing what I cognize astir Brian, helium lied astir everything," says Brian Hooker's stepmother, Donna Hooker.

She discussed her stepson during a livestream quality connected the "Surviving the Survivor" podcast and revealed she is determined to assistance investigators way down immoderate leads successful the lawsuit regarding Brian's missing wife, Lynette Hooker.

Lynette, a 55-year-old parent from Michigan, vanished from the Bahamas portion connected a sailing travel with her hubby connected their sailboat, "Soulmate." She was reported missing connected April 4 erstwhile Brian told investigators she fell from a dinghy.

Brian Hooker stops by the Central Police Station to prime up his wedding ringing and ticker with his lawyer, Terrel A. Butler successful Freeport, The Bahamas, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. His ring, which helium is wearing connected his pinky was not with him erstwhile helium was released from jailhouse past nighttime aft being questioned by constabulary successful the disappearance of his wife, Lynette Hooker. (Matthew Symons for Fox News Digital)

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At first, Bahamian authorities detained Brian and questioned him astir his wife's disappearance; helium was yet released, and traveled backmost to the U.S. successful mid-April.

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The Tribune, a section paper successful Nassau, reported that Brian's stepmom has ne'er been contacted by investigators contempt knowing him for decades.

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Lynette Hooker, left, and her husband, Brian Hooker, right, are pictured adjacent to their sailboat, Soulmate. (Brian Hooker/Facebook; obtained by Fox News Digital; Matthew Symons for Fox News Digital)

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Donna Hooker told the outlet she believes she could supply invaluable penetration arsenic authorities proceed investigating Lynette's disappearance.

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Donna Hooker, who was joined to Brian's begetter for much than 40 years, said she lived with her stepson during portion of his teenage years successful the 1980s.

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She described him arsenic intelligent, quiescent and reserved. She said investigators successful some the Bahamas and the United States person not reached retired to her, but she is consenting to reply immoderate questions.

The U.S. Coast Guard seized Brian Hooker's sailboat 'Soulmate' arsenic she was en way from the Bahamas backmost to the U.S. (DVIDS)

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"He had his ain country and everything and helium would enactment successful his country each the time," she said to the outlet. "He was quiescent and for a agelong clip helium would conscionable enactment successful his country and not bash overmuch of anything," she said.

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She said implicit the years it became harder to get a ahold of her stepson. She said she and Brian's precocious father, George, would effort and scope retired to him done his sister, Jennifer, who lives successful California.

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Donna Hooker told a writer the past clip she saw her stepson was successful April 2022, erstwhile helium visited his begetter aft George Hooker suffered a stroke, and she has not heard from him since.

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Brian Hooker leaves the Central Police Station successful Freeport, Bahamas, a escaped antheral aft the constabulary fto him spell successful the disappearance of his woman connected April 13, 2026. (Matthew Symons for Fox News Digital)

She said she learned of Lynette's disappearance from a household subordinate successful Texas who told her to crook connected the news, and that Jennifer ne'er responded to aggregate messages aft reportedly traveling to the Bahamas pursuing Brian's archetypal merchandise from Bahamian custody.

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Fox News Digital has reached retired to the Coast Guard Investigative Service, which is investigating the case.

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Brian Hooker has not been accused of immoderate transgression oregon wrongdoing. 

Fox News Digital reached retired to his lawyer for comment. His lawyer antecedently said helium has been successful interaction with investigators. 

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The probe into Lynette's disappearance is progressive and ongoing.

Fox News Digital's Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.