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EXCLUSIVE: Last Known Photo of Lynette Alive & Video May Blow Up Husband's Timeline | Lynette Hooker

Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield

Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield

True Crime

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Exclusive new photos from Lynette Hooker’s last night alive show her at the Abaco Inn just hours before she vanished in the Bahamas. In this episode, Ashleigh Banfield takes you inside the Hookers’ yacht with exclusive video footage, speaks with the bartender who saw Lynette and Brian that night, and breaks down what those final known moments looked like. You’ll also hear from Lynette Hooker’s daughter, Karli Aylesworth, as the search for answers continues.

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0:00.0

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0:05.2

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0:10.4

and dive deep into the criminal mind with your favourite authors, experts, podcasters and content creators.

0:17.4

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0:23.6

CrimeCon London, partnered by True Crime Channel, 3rd and 4th of October, 2026. Hey everyone, I'm Ashley Banfield and this is Drop Dead Serious and welcome to Hope Town Inn and Marina where I am in Elbow Key in the Bahamas.

0:46.3

If you know this area, it is just, I mean, it's paradise, but there has been trouble in paradise.

0:53.3

And let me tell you, maybe it's better to say there's been paradise lost

0:57.0

because we are on the fourth day of our investigation here in the Abakos,

1:03.0

you know, in the islands north of NASA, north of New Providence.

1:07.0

And it is tough going to get information here.

1:11.5

It's tough to get information from the Royal Bahamian Police.

1:14.9

And it's tough to get information from locals because not everybody, you know, trusts the media.

1:20.7

And not everybody wants to talk either.

1:22.9

But we have found out a few things that we need to bring you today.

1:26.8

Particularly, we now have the last

1:28.4

known photo at this point of Lynette Hooker alive. And it was taken just minutes before she and her

1:37.0

husband Brian Hooker left the resort that they were spending some time having drinks at just

1:42.2

in late afternoon on April the 4th,

1:44.5

a Saturday evening. There's so much information though in this photograph, particularly

1:49.9

the timestamp, clothing worn, body language, what they were doing. But I'm going even further

1:57.3

than the photo and I'm going to talk to the bartender who served them the last drinks.

2:01.6

He's got some things to say and he's clearing up a bunch of facts too because boy oh boy,

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