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The Soulmate Seized by Coast Guard New Evidence Changes Everything.

Police Off The Cuff/Real Crime Stories

Bill Cannon Police off the Cuff/Real Crime Stories

Law Enforcement, Crime, True Crime, Military

4.4870 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

The Soulmate Seized by Coast Guard: New Evidence Changes Everything Bill Cannon from Police Off The Cuff brings breaking news on the Lynette Hooker missing case, which has taken a significant turn. This true crime story continues to develop, offering critical updates for those following the investigation into what happened to Lynette Hooker, who is missing at sea. The USCG seized their sailboat, the Soulmate, under a search warrant, which is now part of the ongoing coast guard investigative service and fbi investigation into this incident.

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0:00.0

On April 4th, Brian Hooker and his wife, Lynette, allegedly took a eight-foot dinghy from the

0:06.7

Abaco in, and they took it to their sailboat, which was about two and a half miles away.

0:14.2

And during that trip, allegedly Lynette Hooker was knocked off the dinghy by a three-foot wave, according to Brian,

0:22.2

even though investigation revealed that there were no three-foot waves that night.

0:28.4

He claimed it was 7.30 at night on April 4th.

0:32.2

She's been missing since then.

0:34.4

He never jumped into the water to rescue her. His conduct after that was quite, quite

0:42.0

suspicious, so much so that the Bahamian police took him into custody and they held him for five

0:50.1

days. But now, the Coast Guard, who sees the soulmate sailboat, has some GPS information that totally

1:01.5

turns the story told by Brian Hooker upside down. This is CBS News on a quick clip.

1:08.4

Questions tonight about whether Brian Hooker was truthful with investigators about what

1:14.0

happened to his wife Lynette when she disappeared in the Bahamas last month.

1:18.4

CBS News has exclusive reporting that U.S. investigators hope to begin a new dive search

1:24.2

based on recently obtained forensic evidence.

1:27.2

Our Christian Benavides once again with the update.

1:29.6

CBS News has learned new forensic evidence appears to contradict Brian Hooker's account of where

1:36.5

he says he was the night his wife Lynette went missing in the Bahamas.

1:41.1

Brian Hooker told Bohemian police Lynette fell out of their dinghy and was swept out to

1:45.1

see the evening of April 4th, and he was lost at sea for several hours. But according to a source

1:50.8

familiar with the investigation, GPS data extracted from at least one device retrieved by law

1:56.7

enforcement identified previously unsearched areas where Brian Hooker may have been that

2:01.9

night and where divers should now look for additional evidence including potentially Lynette's

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