Coast Guard Seizes Brian Hooker’s Boat Over Unused $33,000 Thermal Camera in Missing-Wife Probe
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Updated · Fox News · May 26
Coast Guard Seizes Brian Hooker’s Boat Over Unused $33,000 Thermal Camera in Missing-Wife Probe
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 26
Soulmate was seized by the U.S. Coast Guard after friend Daniel Danforth told investigators the boat carried a $33,000 FLIR thermal camera that Brian Hooker allegedly never used to search for Lynette Hooker.
Danforth said he alerted the Coast Guard in early May and agents were interested because the system has a serial number and may still hold recoverable tracking or image data.
Brian Hooker told authorities Lynette, 56, fell from their dinghy in rough water near Hope Town, Bahamas, on April 4 as they headed back to their sailboat; he reached Marsh Harbour around 4 a.m. the next day.
A text Hooker sent Danforth on April 6 said Lynette had swum toward the sailboat after going overboard, while the Coast Guard has since opened an active criminal investigation.
Hooker was held in Bahamian police custody for five days and later returned to the U.S. to tend to his ill mother, according to his attorney; he has not been charged.
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