Coast Guard divers resume search for missing American woman in the Bahamas
U.S. Coast Guard divers have arrived in the Bahamas as the agency resumes its search for Lynette Hooker, the American woman who disappeared in April after, her husband said, she fell from a boat, reports BritPanorama.
The Coast Guard divers arrived in Hopetown, and the search was expected to start Tuesday evening, a U.S. official familiar with the matter told NBC News.
Hooker, 55, disappeared on April 4, and her husband, Brian Hooker, reported that she fell from a boat, according to officials.
Brian Hooker, 59, was initially arrested by the Royal Bahamas Police Force on April 8 but was released from custody five days later without being charged.
He has maintained that he did not harm his wife and has since returned to the United States.
“I’ve never harmed Lynette, and I would never harm Lynette, and I want to find Lynette,” Hooker told NBC News in April after his release.
Brian Hooker indicated his wife fell into the water during a dinghy ride near Elbow Cay on April 4. He mentioned that she had the keys to the engine when she went overboard and that he paddled the boat to shore, informing someone about the incident, who subsequently contacted police, authorities reported.
Brian Hooker has been cooperating with officials in the ongoing investigation, said his attorney, Terrel A. Butler.
