Police within the Bahamas mentioned late Wednesday that they’ve arrested the husband of a U.S. lady who was aboard a ship close to the archipelago and vanished.
Authorities mentioned the 59-year-old man whom they didn’t determine was arrested in Abaco and is being questioned.
A Coast Guard spokesperson informed The Related Press late Wednesday that they’ve opened a felony investigation into the case.
Police didn’t present additional particulars, together with whether or not or not he was charged.
Officers have mentioned Lynette Hooker, 55, was touring in an 8-foot motorboat from Hope City to Elbow Cay on Saturday evening, and that her husband, 58-year-old Brian Hooker, informed authorities she fell overboard with the boat keys, inflicting the engine to show off.
Authorities mentioned Brian Hooker then paddled to shore and alerted somebody concerning the incident early Sunday.
Authorities within the Bahamas are trying to find a Michigan lady lacking at sea after her husband reported that she fell overboard.
Officers have mentioned Lynette Hooker, 55, was touring in an 8-foot motorboat from Hope City to Elbow Cay on Saturday evening, and that her husband, 58-year-old Brian Hooker, informed authorities she fell overboard with the boat keys, inflicting the engine to show off.
“Sturdy currents subsequently carried her away, and he overpassed her,” police mentioned in a press release issued Saturday.
Brian Hooker then paddled to shore and alerted somebody concerning the incident early Sunday, authorities mentioned.
Lynette Hooker’s mom, Darlene Hamlett, informed The Related Press on Wednesday that she desires to listen to extra from her son-in-law about how her daughter disappeared. The couple had been married for greater than twenty years and lived in Onsted, Michigan.
“I’m going to be excited by what he says, as a result of I haven’t heard from him in virtually two days,” Hamlett mentioned whereas on a six-hour drive again dwelling from the Bahamian Consulate in Miami, the place she secured a passport so she will be able to fly to the Caribbean nation quickly.
“Our household grew up on water, and so Lynette her entire life has been close to lakes, on boats, crusing and swimming,” Hamlett mentioned. “It will be a miracle if (she’s rescued), however I’m nonetheless relying on one.”
Lynette Hooker’s daughter, Karli Aylesworth, informed NBC Information that it’s unlikely her mom would “simply fall” off the boat, saying she was an skilled sailor. The couple had been crusing for years and documented their voyages on social media underneath the moniker, “The Crusing Hookers.”
Aylesworth additionally informed NBC that the couple’s relationship was risky, and that they’ve a “historical past of not getting alongside, particularly once they drink.”
She informed WXYZ-TV she doubted her mom survived and was in a position to tread water that lengthy, however hoped to search out her to get closure.
On Wednesday morning, Brian Hooker wrote on Fb that he’s “heartbroken over the current boat accident in unpredictable seas and excessive winds that precipitated my beloved Lynette to fall from our small dinghy close to Elbow Cay within the Bahamas.”
“Regardless of determined makes an attempt to achieve her, the winds and currents drove us additional aside,” he wrote. “We proceed to seek for her and that’s my sole focus.”
The U.S. Coast Guard has additionally joined the investigation and interviewed Aylesworth on Wednesday, based on her legal professional, Ron Marienfeld.
“We’re happy to see it’s being investigated, and hopefully extra solutions will come to offer the household some closure,” Marienfeld mentioned by way of e mail.
Bahamian police mentioned search operations and investigative efforts stay energetic.
