Missing American’s husband sat on boat for 24 hours after she vanished in Bahamas, friend says
Lynette Hooker vanished while sailing with her husband Brian Hooker in the Bahamas on April 4, 2026, prompting a search and investigation. Brian Hooker remained on their sailboat for about 24 hours after the incident before being taken ashore and later arrested, though he was released without charges. U.S. authorities seized the couple's sailboat, Soulmate, off the coast of Florida as part of an ongoing criminal investigation.
- ▪Lynette Hooker disappeared while sailing with her husband Brian Hooker near Hope Town in the Bahamas on April 4, 2026.
- ▪Brian Hooker stayed on the sailboat Soulmate for nearly 24 hours after his wife vanished, according to a friend.
- ▪Brian Hooker was arrested by Bahamian authorities on April 8 and released on April 13 without being charged.
- ▪The U.S. Coast Guard seized the sailboat Soulmate in a surveillance operation off the coast of Florida between May 8 and 10.
- ▪The vessel is now held by the Coast Guard Investigative Service as part of an active criminal investigation.
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World News Missing American’s husband sat on boat for 24 hours after she vanished in Bahamas, friend says By Adam Sabes, Fox News Published May 17, 2026, 2:53 a.m. ET Originally Published by: Cruise passenger jumps from balcony and dies after falling overboard into ocean Coast Guard seizes Brian Hooker's sailboat as it leaves Bahamas after wife’s disappearance: source Feds could bring charges in Bahamas disappearance case without ever finding body, expert says Brian Hooker sat on his sailboat for 24 hours after she vanished while the couple was in the Bahamas, according to one of his friends. After leaving shore at Hope Town in the Bahamas at around 7:30 p.m. on April 4, Brian Hooker told authorities that rough waters caused his wife to fall off their dinghy.
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