Lynette Hooker: New Bahamas search planned for missing woman after GPS data raises questions over husband's account
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Key Points:
- The U.S. Coast Guard is reopening the search for Lynette Hooker after GPS data from the couple’s boat contradicted her husband Brian Hooker’s account of her disappearance in the Bahamas on April 4.
- Brian Hooker claimed Lynette fell overboard during a short boat ride, but authorities now believe the initial search was conducted in the wrong area based on his information.
- Brian Hooker was arrested on April 8 in connection with Lynette’s disappearance but was released without charges after five days; the Coast Guard has also launched a criminal investigation.
- Lynette’s daughter has expressed doubts about Brian’s story, citing a troubled marriage and inconsistencies in his account of the night Lynette vanished.
- The Coast Guard has seized the couple’s sailboat and is seeking permission from Bahamian authorities to resume the search in a new location informed by GPS evidence.