Exclusive New Pics & Vids: No Lynette as Hubby Heads to Dock + Proof Weather Was Calm That Night

Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield

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🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Lynette Hooker is still missing in the Bahamas, and now there are exclusive new photos that could tighten the timeline from the last night she was seen. In this episode, Ashleigh Banfield breaks down a newly obtained image showing Brian Hooker walking toward the dock from the Abaco Inn, without Lynette by his side, carrying the yellow dry bag that has become a key detail in this case. We also reveal new photos and video from that same night showing the rough conditions on the Sea of Abaco and the wind that may help explain what was happening in those critical hours. Submit video or photos: dropdeadseriousinfo@gmail.com or use the CGIS Tips App.

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0:29.6	Hey everyone, I'm Ashley Banfield and this is Drop Dead Serious and I have a big exclusive
0:40.9	piece of news to share with you regarding the Lynette and Brian Hooker story.
0:47.0	If you'll recall, Lynette Hooker has been missing now for over two weeks.
0:51.4	On a Saturday night, a beautiful sunny Saturday night on Elbow Key in the Bahamas,
0:58.1	Lynette was having some drinks with her husband Brian sometime between 4.30 and 7 o'clock.
1:04.7	And she was never seen again because her husband Brian suggests they went down to the docks and got in their little dingy,
1:14.0	little tiny eight foot dingy with about a two to four horsepower on the back and we're motoring
1:19.0	out to their sailboat where they've been living literally in their retirement. They've been living
1:24.4	on that sailboat, a 46 foot catch that was anchored just south of
1:30.9	the Abaco Inn, where they were having drinks. And Brian said they never made it to the sailboat
1:37.1	because the waves were two to four feet high. The wind was screaming. It was getting dark.
1:43.6	She bounced off the back. They got separated
1:46.0	because of wind and current and I tried. I tried. I even threw her a flotation cushion and, you know,
1:52.0	just it didn't work. She went out with the dry bag and with the key, the electric key that keeps the engine going on a lanyard.
2:00.0	She took both those things out with her and the spare key that keeps the engine going on a lanyard. She took both those things out
2:02.1	with her and the spare key was in that dry bag and, you know, wouldn't you know it? I just
2:07.1	had to float for the next nine hours until I hit shore over on Marsh Harbor. So many
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