BAHAMAS OVERBOARD: SEARCH FOR MICHIGAN MOM LYNETTE HOOKER
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 10 April 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
The U.S. Coast Guard has opened a criminal investigation into the disappears of Michigan woman Lynette Hooker. The 55-year-old went missing while boating in the Bahamas.
Police say Lynette and husband Brian Hooker were using an 8‑foot dinghy to travel from Hope Town to their yacht, Soulmate, moored near Elbow Cay in the Abaco Islands. Husband Brian says around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Lynette fell overboard, along with the boat’s engine key, which caused the motor to stop. He says strong currents carried her away, but he saw her swimming toward shore before losing sight of her. Brian reportedly paddled the boat to Marsh Harbour and contacted police around 4 a.m.
Authorities from the Royal Bahamas Police Force, Royal Bahamas Defence Force, and U.S. Coast Guard conducted an extensive search of the area. Now days later the search has officially shifted from a rescue to a recovery mission. Lynette has not been found.
Bahamian police arrested Brian Hooker for further questioning, citing “probable cause,” although he has not been charged. His attorney stated that he “categorically denies any wrongdoing” and is cooperating.
Lynette’s daughter, Karli Aylesworth, says her step-father's story “doesn’t add up” and points to past marital problems between him and her mother
Joining Nancy Grace today:
- Randy Kessler - Atlanta Trial Lawyer, Emory Law School Professor, Past Chair ABA Family Law Section, Author: "Divorce, Protect Yourself, Your Kids and Your Future", www.KSFamilyLaw.com, Instagram: @rkessler23, Twitter: @GADivorce,
- Caryn Stark - Forensic Psychologist, renowned TV and Radio trauma expert and consultant, www.carynstark.com, Instagram: carynpsych, FB: Caryn Stark Private Practice
- Ben Dobrin - Emergency Response Diving Instructor and Instructor Trainer, Police Diver, Emergency Services Diver
- Melissa Andrews - Crime and Investigative Anchor at WTOL 11, website: www.wtol.com Insta: immelandrew,s FB: Mel Andrews, Tik Tok: MelAndrewsTV
- Sydney Silvagni - Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories'
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:03.4 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.8 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:12.6 | A gorgeous young Michigan mother, Lynette Hooker, falls overboard in the Bahamas, |
| 0:20.0 | according to her husband, who managed to paddle ashore to safety. |
| 0:25.9 | Tonight, the search for Lynette underway. Good evening. I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. I want to thank you for being with us. |
| 0:34.4 | Lynette Hooker, a mom from Michigan, spent her days sailing the open seas with |
| 0:38.3 | her husband aboard their yacht. What was meant to be a relaxing trip to the Bahamas quickly turns |
| 0:43.3 | into a fight for survival. This gorgeous young mom, Lynette Hooker, falls overboard on a romantic |
| 0:51.8 | trip to the Bahamas with her husband. How do we know that? |
| 0:54.7 | That's what her husband says. |
| 0:57.5 | Straight out to Melissa Andrews joining us, Crime and Investigative Anchored, W-T-O-L-11. |
| 1:04.9 | Melissa, thank you for being with us. |
| 1:07.1 | What happened? |
| 1:08.0 | So Brian and Lynette were out to dinner on Saturday night and they had used this dingy boat, |
| 1:14.0 | this eight foot dingy to leave the yacht to go to that dinner. |
| 1:18.3 | Brian said that on the way back from dinner to the yacht on the dingy, |
| 1:23.4 | that they experienced some rough weather and that as we established, |
| 1:27.8 | Lynette was wearing this key to the dinghy and she fell off the boat. |
| 1:34.3 | He said when she did that, he was unable to reach her. |
| 1:38.0 | So he spent several hours paddling this dingy back to shore where he then reported |
| 1:43.3 | her missing to the local police around |
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