LIFE VEST LIES: OVERBOARD LYNETTE HOOKER HUBBY WALKS FREE
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Brian Hooker, husband of the Michigan woman who went missing in the Bahamas, says he will be staying in the country to search for his wife. Hooker was held in jail for 5 days, but has now been released. His attorney says Hooker is free to leave any time he wishes.
Brian Hooker has repeatedly said he would never hurt his wife, Lynette. He also refused to discuss details about what happened with reporters saying he did not want to interfere with the search for Lynette.
Joining Nancy Grace Today:
- Randolph Rice - Former Prosecutor and Current Criminal Defense & Civil Attorney at Rice Law, website: ricelawmd.com, IG, FB, X: @ricelawmd
- Ben Dobrin - Boat Captain with 50-Ton Master license / Emergency Response Diving Instructor and Instructor Trainer, Police Diver, Emergency Services Diver
- Scott Rouse - Body Language and Behavior Analyst, trains law enforcement and military interrogation and body language, Author of “Understanding Body Language,” on YouTube @ScottRouse with his channel “Behavior-X,” which focuses on body language and behavior of True Crime Stories, Pop Culture and Politics
- Vanessa Walsh - Host of the podcast, Unmasked True Crime, Facebook and YouTube: UnmaskedTrueCrime, X: CrimeUnmasked
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.8 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:11.2 | Life vest lies. |
| 0:14.5 | Overboard in the Bahamas, Lynette Hooker's husband walks free. |
| 0:27.6 | This, as we learn, the flotation device he says he threw to her, is found floating in the ocean. |
| 0:30.0 | We find it, but not her. |
| 0:32.3 | And why is he roaming free? |
| 0:33.7 | I'm Nancy Grace. |
| 0:34.8 | This is Crime Stories. |
| 0:36.8 | I want to thank you for being with us. |
| 0:40.4 | She bounced off the dinghy. She bounced off the dinghy. |
| 0:48.1 | How does a person bounce? Okay. And then the darn moon. The moon wasn't up yet, so he couldn't see. |
| 0:53.6 | Every one of those coincidences, as you call them, are explainable and do not mean beyond the reasonable doubt he was guilty. |
| 0:54.8 | I don't have a wife. |
| 1:00.5 | She belongs with me. |
| 1:04.9 | That is Brian Hooker, Lynette Hooker's husband speaking out to our friends at ABC. And yes, he's not behind bars. |
| 1:12.9 | He is not detained. |
| 1:13.9 | He is not in custody. |
| 1:16.1 | Let's hear more of what he has to say upon his triumphant release. |
| 1:19.9 | Brian, just any message about finding your wife. |
| 1:25.6 | Any message about finding your wife. |
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