April 8 (UPI) -- Authorities in the Bahamas detained a 59-year-old American man in connection with last weekend's disappearance of an American woman while out at sea.
The woman has been identified by Hope Town Volunteer Fire and Rescue as 55-year-old Lynette Hooker.
According to the Royal Bahamas Police Force, an unidentified man, reportedly her husband, Brian Hooker, 58, reported his wife missing at about 4 a.m. Sunday after arriving at the Marsh Harbor Boatyard by boat.
Police said the man informed officers that he and his wife had departed Hope Town at around 7:30 p.m. EDT Saturday for Elbow Cay aboard an 8-foot, hard-bottom dinghy.
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