OVERBOARD LYNETTE HOOKER: OMINOUS SPLASH & LIGHTS FROM HUBBY'S YACHT
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 20 May 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Brian Hooker, an American man whose wife Lynette Hooker disappeared in the Bahamas. After vowing to "never stop searching" for his missing wife, husband Brian Hooker left the islands, returning he said to care for his ailing mother. He has not returned to the Bahamas to look for his wife. The U.S. Coast Guard has seized the couple's 46-foot sailboat, Soulmate as evidence and is conducting an active criminal investigation.
New information is coming out that mysterious lights and large splash was heard coming from the boat. What happened to Lynette Hooker?
Joining Nancy Grace Today:
- Blaine Stevenson - friend, GOFUNDME PAGE for Karli/Lynette:https://www.gofundme.com/f/Lynette-Hooker-Missing-in-Bahamas
- Josh Kolsrud - Criminal Defense Attorney and Former Assistant U.S. Attorney, Founder of Kolsrud Law Offices, website: kolsrudlawoffices.com, Facebook and YouTube @KolsrudLawOffices
- Dr. Rachel Toles - Clinical and Forensic Psychologist, website: DrRachelToles.com, Instagram / YouTube: TolzHaus, Facebook: DrRachelToles
- Brian Fitzgibbons - Director of Operations for USPA Nationwide Security, website: www.uspasecurity.com, Instagram: @uspa_nationwide_security
- Vanessa Walsh - Host: Unmasked True Crime, Facebook and YouTube: UnmaskedTrueCrime, X: CrimeUnmasked
- Dave Mack - Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories'
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:03.4 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.6 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:11.5 | So-called overboard missing mom, Lynette Hooker. |
| 0:15.5 | In the last hours, we learned about a loud and ominous splash and mysterious lights all from the vicinity |
| 0:25.7 | of Lynette's husband's yacht. |
| 0:29.7 | He wasn't even supposed to be on the yacht at that time. |
| 0:33.2 | He was supposed to be, according to him, out calling and calling into the dark night air for his wife |
| 0:39.1 | who bounced off the dinghy. I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. I want to thank you for being with us. |
| 0:46.0 | The search has now moved to the land. There are torpedoes coming to his story over and over again. |
| 0:53.2 | Obviously, authorities do not believe Lynette is in the water. |
| 0:57.0 | Was she ever? |
| 0:59.0 | If the body's in the water, it could be anywhere in the Atlantic Ocean by now. |
| 1:03.0 | Why were lights seen moving about on the husband's yacht when he says he's out in the water calling for his wife who bounced off |
| 1:13.6 | their dingy. And according to him, massive swells that suddenly came up off the edge of the land, |
| 1:22.6 | basically on a sandbar where you could stand up. How did this happen? |
| 1:27.8 | Why has her body never been found? |
| 1:30.1 | Lights and a very loud and ominous splash was heard. |
| 1:35.0 | A lot going on in the case and more joining us tonight, |
| 1:38.0 | a very dear friend of Lynette Hooker. |
| 1:41.0 | But first, to Vanessa Waltz joining us. |
| 1:44.0 | She's a star of unmasked true crime. |
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