Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe U.S. Coast Guard and FBI are preparing to search a specific area of the Sea of Abaco for evidence related to Lynette Hooker's disappearance last month in the Bahamas. The search location was determined by GPS data recovered from the couple's boat, "Soulmate," which reportedly contradicts the account given by her husband, Brian Hooker. Lynette Hooker vanished after Brian Hooker claimed she fell from their dinghy, taking the engine key, forcing him to paddle to shore to report her missing. A U.S. dive team has been approved by Bahamian officials to investigate the waters, seeking evidence and to retrieve Lynette Hooker's body, if possible.Brian Hooker, who denies any wrongdoing and has been released from Bahamian custody, has not been charged, though his daughter noted a history of marital conflict. In fullSailboat becomes focus of search for woman who disappeared in the Bahamas while on vacation with her husbandThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

Investigators now believe they have a more precise idea of where to search for Lynette Hooker’s body

Lynette Hooker was reported missing by her husband in early April after the couple allegedly went for a nighttime ride aboard a dinghy.

The FBI is planning to search a region of the Sea of Abaco that matches GPS coordinates pulled from the couple’s boat

Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe U.S. Coast Guard and FBI are preparing…

Lynette Hooker, 55, fell from a dinghy in rough conditions off the coast of Elbow Cay in the Abaco Islands on April 4, and her husband Brian Hooker, 58, said she vanished in the…

US Coast Guard divers have arrived in the Bahamas and will soon begin their renewed search for missing American woman Lynette Hooker, whose disappearance has prompted a federal…

Hooker’s husband was initially taken into custody following her April 4 disappearance but was later freed, and no charges have been filed.

According to an official familiar with the investigation, new digital forensic evidence appears to undercut Brian Hooker's account of his wife's disappearance, although they did…