US Coast Guard Seizes 8-Foot Dinghy in Lynette Hooker Probe as GPS Data Conflicts
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Updated · CBS New York · Jun 4
US Coast Guard Seizes 8-Foot Dinghy in Lynette Hooker Probe as GPS Data Conflicts
3 articles · Updated · CBS New York · Jun 4
Summary
An 8-foot dinghy that Brian Hooker says he and his wife used the night Lynette Hooker disappeared was seized Thursday in the Bahamas and taken to a U.S. Coast Guard cutter.
GPS data from an electronic device seized by authorities appears to differ from Brian Hooker’s account that 55-year-old Lynette Hooker fell overboard in rough water during a nighttime ride from Elbow Cay.
Coast Guard investigators examined the dinghy on scene, with CBS footage showing an investigator holding up a life jacket and a cadaver dog assisting the search.
Brian Hooker reported his wife missing on April 5, was detained by Bahamian authorities for five days, then released; he has not been charged and denies wrongdoing.
Lynette Hooker still has not been found, and the dinghy seizure follows the Coast Guard’s seizure of the couple’s sailboat last month as the investigation widens.