Bombshell New Photo Shows Missing Wife Wearing Apple Watch on Final Day | Lynette Hooker
Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield
Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Lynette Hooker is still missing in the Bahamas, and now there is a bombshell new photo from the last day she was seen that shows a critical detail: Lynette appears to be wearing her Apple Watch. In this episode, Ashleigh Banfield breaks down why that image could matter, speaks exclusively with one of Lynette’s closest friends, Rachel Shaw. We also take a closer look at the dry bag at the center of Brian Hooker’s story, including a demonstration from the YouTube channel SailingCameo showing how those bags actually float.
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| 0:34.7 | Hey, everyone, I'm Ashley Banfield and this is Drop Dead Serious. |
| 0:38.5 | I got another big break in the Lynette and Brian Hooker story. |
| 0:43.5 | And it is, again, a huge piece of the puzzle. |
| 0:47.1 | We have received an exclusive photo that shows Lynette Hooker on the deck of the pool at the Abaco Inn at exactly |
| 0:59.9 | 5.44 p.m. on the night before Easter, April 4th. Now, why is that significant? First of all, |
| 1:08.0 | if you're just joining us on this particular story, thank you for being here. |
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| 1:18.5 | It really helps us to stay on this story. |
| 1:22.1 | There is a whole backstory here. |
| 1:24.9 | And we have an entire playlist that will get you up to speed on everything that's |
| 1:30.6 | happened in this case. But I can't go back on it right away at the top of this podcast. I need to |
| 1:36.2 | tell everybody who's watching why this photograph is so significant. We know at this point from |
| 1:42.9 | other photographs that we've received exclusively |
| 1:45.0 | that Brian Hooker is seen walking away from the Abaco Inn at 7 p.m. right at sunset, |
| 1:52.6 | he's caught on a photograph walking towards the docks where his dinghy would be parked, |
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