The U.S. Coast Guard has seized the boat used by American couple Brian and Lynette Hooker as the investigation continues into Lynette Hooker going overboard and vanishing in the Bahamas, according to sources familiar with the situation.
Their boat, called the “Soulmate,” has been docked in the Bahamas since Lynette Hooker disappeared on April 4.
It is not clear when the boat was seized, but it was prior to Monday, according to sources.
Brian and Lynette Hooker in a photo posted to their social media.
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Brian Hooker told authorities that on the evening of April 4, after the couple departed Hope Town on their dinghy to head to their yacht, bad weather caused Lynette Hooker to fall off the dinghy and go overboard.
Brian Hooker was arrested on April 8 and questioned by police. He was released on April 13 without charges.
On April 14, Brian Hooker told ABC News that he was staying in the Bahamas with a “sole focus” of finding his wife.
“My only focus is to go back to the boat and then hire or beg people to help me go find some areas to search,” he said.
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, has told ABC News she doubted Brian Hooker’s story.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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