Lynette Hooker search: Coast Guard to ask Bahamas for permission to send in US divers, officials say
Lynette Hooker has been missing since the evening of April 4.
The Coast Guard Investigative Service is preparing to ask the Bahamas for permission to send in U.S divers to search new areasin the ongoing search for Lynette Hooker, an American woman who went overboard and vanished in the Bahamas nearly two months ago, according to multiple U.S. officials.
Forensic evidence recovered from the electronic devices of Lynette Hooker's husband, Brian Hooker, have led investigators to new areas of interest that were previously not searched, according to U.S. officials.
The CGIS is leading the probe into the disappearance of Lynette Hooker, who has been missing since the evening of April 4. Lynette Hooker's husband, Brian Hooker, told authorities that after the couple departed Hope Town on their dinghy to head to their yacht, called the "Soulmate,"bad weather caused her to go overboard.
Brian Hooker was arrested on April 8 and questioned by police. Hewas releasedon April 13 without charges.
On April 14, Brian Hooker told ABC Newsthat he was staying in the Bahamas with a "sole focus" of finding his wife.
But hours after that interview, Brian Hooker left the Bahamas, with his attorney saying he wanted to be with his terminally ill mother.
Karli Aylesworth, Lynette Hooker's daughter and Brian Hooker's stepdaughter, hastold ABC Newsshe doubted Brian Hooker's story.
The U.S. Coast Guard has seized the couple's boat and has it docked in Florida.
