Overview
- Federal investigators, who posted grainy photos on Tuesday, asked for help identifying a sailboat moored near the SV Soulmate in Aunt Pat’s Bay.
- The Coast Guard Investigative Service directed people to send tips through the CGIS Tips app, which allows anonymous submissions.
- Investigators are expanding beyond the reported dinghy route and are seeking anyone who was near the couple’s anchored boat the night Lynette vanished.
- Lynette Hooker, 55, was reported overboard on April 4 during a dinghy ride in rough seas, and her husband says the engine died when the keys went into the water and he paddled to shore.
- Bahamian police detained Brian Hooker on April 8 and released him April 13 without charges, and they say he remains a suspect as U.S. and Bahamian probes continue.