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Lynette Hooker's Bahamas disappearance being investigated as murder case: US official
Investigators are treating the disappearance as a potential criminal case after new GPS data contradicted Brian Hooker’s account, CNN reported.
- The U.S. Coast Guard is sending divers to the Bahamas to search for 55-year-old Lynette Hooker, a Michigan mother reported missing on April 5 while sailing with her husband Brian Hooker.
- Brian reported that Lynette fell overboard from their 8-foot motorboat while traveling from Hope Town to Elbow Cay, with the engine stalling after keys in her pocket were lost.
- New GPS data from Brian's phone contradicts his earlier statements to investigators, CNN reported, citing a U.S. official "familiar with the investigation." This evidence prompted the renewed search effort.
- Brian was arrested as a person of interest on April 8 and released without charges five days later; he has denied any wrongdoing regarding his wife of 25 years.
- Investigators are reviewing the couple's "Sailing Hookers" social media accounts, chronicling their decade of Caribbean adventures, while examining the seized sailboat for additional evidence.
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The investigation into the disappearance of an American woman on a boat trip with her husband is now treated as a murder.
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Coast Guard reopens Bahamas search for missing Michigan woman amid new evidence
The U.S. Coast Guard is sending divers to the Bahamas in a renewed search for a missing Michigan mother who vanished while sailing with her husband. (Photo via CNN)
·Denver, United States
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Search for missing Michigan woman Lynette Hooker reopened
The search for missing Lynette Hooker has been reopened. Hooker, who is from Michigan, was with her husband in the Bahamas when he claims she fell off a boat. However, new location data from his cell phone contradicts the story he gave authorities.
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