Cameras & Weights on Soulmate? New Clues Could Expose What Happened to Lynette Hooker

Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield

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🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Haunting New Clues: Brian Hooker says Lynette Hooker vanished on April 4, 2026, after “bouncing” off the back of their dinghy in the Sea of Abaco. But the clues aboard Soulmate, the 46-foot sailboat anchored near Aunt Pat’s Bay, may raise much darker questions. This episode digs into cameras aboard Soulmate, possible Blink camera footage, Apple Watch and Starlink questions, power logs, apps, engine data, scuba tanks, dive weights, dumbbells, and what the Coast Guard Investigative Service may be looking for after the CGIS raid at Fort Pierce. As the search for answers in Lynette Hooker’s disappearance continues, the biggest question remains: Did Brian Hooker make it back to Soulmate that night?

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, I'm Ashley Banfield and this is Drop Dead Serious.
0:04.5	I have some things to talk to you about.
0:07.8	And if you are like me and you are loving every minute that a piece of the puzzle goes in
0:13.9	to actually put the story together of what really happened to Lynette Hooker, as opposed to what Brian Hooker says happened to his wife. And by now, I think you know. But if you don't, quick summary. He says in the Bahamas, she just, you know, fell off the back of the dinghy and up, there she went. Couldn't reach her. Lots of waves. Lots of wind. Currents. Oh, no. I'm a Marine and I couldn't save her. And she went out with the dry bag, with the keys.
0:38.5	And oh, please. Past episodes will get you right up to speed, but it is basically horseshit.
0:45.4	The weather was lovely. We have evidence of that. Pictures, marine reports, witness accounts.
0:50.8	It was like glass at the time he says this horrendous thing happened. And everything
0:55.3	else after that doesn't make sense either. Floated all the way without any power in his eight-foot
1:00.6	dingy all by himself with one oar and ended up on Marsh Harbor. Well, guess what my friends?
1:08.1	I'll say you're welcome in advance because it is entirely possible that if my theory
1:13.9	is correct, which is you're full of shit, Brian, she didn't fall off your dingy, you made it back
1:18.4	to your sailboat, soulmate, where you have been live abords for four years sailing around,
1:23.4	enjoying retirement. I believe you made it back to soulmate, Brian Hooker. And if you did,
1:31.0	guess what, guys, there are lots and lots of cameras on board that boat. So here's what I've
1:37.9	been able to piece together based on witnesses, people who've been on the boat, people who have
1:43.1	visited, people who have seen social media, people who have received, people who've been on the boat, people who have visited, people who have seen social
1:46.5	media, people who have received text messages and photographs and all sorts of things.
1:52.8	I can tell you right now, on board, Soulmate, there were so many cameras, right?
2:00.2	If you're a live-a-board, it isn't weird to have security
2:03.4	cameras because you are sleeping on board your home, and it is pretty easy to just paddle up to
2:09.6	someone's home and hold them at gunpoint and clean them out, right? Even kill them. Take the boat.
2:15.3	So a lot of live-a-boards, cruisers, will have security cameras
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