Overview
- Search teams shifted to a recovery effort Tuesday, and Bahamian police said their investigation continues.
- Local responders identified the missing boater as Lynette Hooker, a 55-year-old from Onsted, Michigan.
- The couple left Hope Town around 7:30 p.m. Saturday in an 8-foot dinghy bound for their yacht near Elbow Cay when, her husband said, she fell overboard with the engine key and was swept away by strong currents.
- With the engine dead, Brian Hooker paddled for hours to Marsh Harbour Boat Yard, arriving about 4 a.m. Sunday to report what happened.
- Bahamian agencies and local volunteers searched the waters, the U.S. Coast Guard conducted an aerial sweep, and the U.S. State Department said it is assisting as Hooker’s daughter urged a full investigation citing “prior issues.”