Feds plan new Bahamas search for Lynette Hooker after GPS data allegedly torpedoes husband’s story: report

Federal investigators person reportedly reopened the hunt for the Michigan pistillate who disappeared successful the Bahamas aft recently obtained forensic information suggests inconsistencies successful her husband’s recollection of events from the nighttime she went missing. 

United States authorities are asking the Bahamas for clearance to nonstop a dive squad to hunt caller areas successful the Sea of Abaco for the remains of Lynette Hooker aft recently discovered GPS information allegedly contradicted her husband’s mentation of events surrounding the nighttime she vanished, CBS News archetypal reported and a root confirmed to Fox News Digital. 

A root reportedly told the outlet that GPS information retrieved from an physics instrumentality belonging to Brian Hooker showed a discrepancy with his communicative to investigators, and that the instrumentality provides investigators with locations that person not yet been searched.  

Investigators are besides reportedly moving to extract information from devices aboard the vas – including an infrared camera – that whitethorn incorporate further clues surrounding Lynette Hooker’s disappearance.

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Brian and Lynette Hooker beryllium connected a dinghy successful the h2o successful this undated image. (Brian Hooker/Facebook)

A root successful the Bahamas told Fox New Digital that the caller search, if approved by Bahamian authorities, volition absorption connected an country of the Sea of Abbaco with waters reaching 25-foot depths. The renewed efforts are based connected GPS information from Brian Hooker's phone, successful which helium was utilizing a marine navigation app. The Hookers' dinghy allegedly visited the aforesaid area, a U.S. authoritative confirmed to Fox News Digital.

The information shows the instrumentality connected the water, stopping successful the Sea of Abaco and aboriginal returning to shore, CBS News reported. The recently obtained information provides investigators with a much precise country to search, the root reportedly added.

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Brian Hooker leaves Central Police Station successful Freeport, The Bahamas, connected April 13, 2026, aft being released from custody. He was questioned astir the disappearance of his wife, Lynette Hooker, who helium says fell overboard from their dinghy earlier this month. (Matthew Symons for Fox News Digital)

Family members of Lynette Hooker confirmed to Fox News Digital that they person provided DNA samples to assistance successful the investigation.

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Additional grounds successful the lawsuit continues to beryllium processed astatine the FBI’s laboratory successful Quantico, CBS News reported.

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Lynette Hooker, a 56-year-old American woman, disappeared aft going overboard during a vessel travel successful the Bahamas, according to section officials. ((Brian Hooker/Facebook))

The improvement comes astir 2 months aft Lynnette Hooker vanished portion connected abrogation with her hubby connected April 4, portion besides raising caller questions surrounding Brian Hooker’s mentation of events. 

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Brian Hooker initially told investigators helium and his woman were connected a nighttime vessel thrust erstwhile she fell from a tiny dinghy and was swept away, Fox News Digital antecedently reported.

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He said helium was forced to paddle backmost to enactment due to the fact that his woman was carrying the ignition cardinal erstwhile she went overboard, authorities said.

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Lynette Hooker, 55, went missing aft falling overboard during a vessel travel adjacent Elbow Cay successful the Bahamas connected Saturday evening, constabulary said. ((Brian Hooker/Facebook))

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Despite a weekslong search, investigators were incapable to find Lynette Hooker.

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Brian Hooker was detained for 5 days by Bahamian constabulary aft his woman disappeared, but was ne'er charged with a crime. He subsequently returned to the U.S. to thin to his "very ill" mother, his Bahamian lawyer antecedently said.

Last month, investigators with the Coast Guard Investigative Service seized the couple’s shared sailboat, the "Soulmate," arsenic it was docked successful Fort Pierce, Florida, Fox News Digital reported.

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U.S. Coast Guard investigators hunt the vessel Soulmate docked astatine their presumption successful Fort Pierce, Fla., connected May 13, 2026. The vas belongs to Brian Hooker and his missing woman Lynette Hooker and was brought backmost to the U.S. from The Bahamas by the Coast Guard. (Obtained by Fox News Digital)

After Lynette Hooker went missing, Brian said successful a Facebook station that helium was "heartbroken."

"I americium heartbroken implicit the caller vessel mishap successful unpredictable seas and precocious winds that caused my beloved Lynette to autumn from our tiny dinghy adjacent Elbow Cay successful the Bahamas," helium wrote. "Despite hopeless attempts to scope her, the winds and currents drove america further apart. We proceed to hunt for her and that is my sole focus."

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Brian Hooker has not been charged with a transgression by American authorities. 

Fox News Digital reached retired to Brian Hooker’s lawyer for comment.