US EditionBahamian police arrest Michigan man after wife's disappearance
The U.S. Coast Guard opened a criminal investigation after search crews found no sign of Lynette Hooker and shifted to recovery operations.
- On Wednesday evening, the Royal Bahamas Police Force arrested Brian Hooker in Marsh Harbour, taking him into custody as a suspect in the disappearance of his wife, Lynette Hooker.
- Brian Hooker reported that Lynette Hooker fell overboard from an 8-foot dinghy near Elbow Cay on Saturday, April 4, after she went into the water with the engine keys, disabling the vessel.
- Daughter Karli Aylesworth called for a 'full and complete investigation,' citing the couple's 'history of not getting along, especially when they drink' as reasons for skepticism regarding the husband's account.
- The United States Coast Guard launched a criminal investigation into the case, while Bahamian authorities officially shifted operations from search-and-rescue to a recovery mission.
- While Brian expressed being 'heartbroken' in a public Facebook post Wednesday, Lynette's mother, Darlene Hamlett, told the Associated Press she wants to hear more from her son-in-law about the disappearance.
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