Missing Michigan woman Lynette Hooker may have returned to her sailboat before disappearance in the Bahamas, source says

Investigators with the Coast Guard are looking into the possibility that a Michigan woman who went missing in the Bahamas earlier this year may not have fallen overboard from a dinghy as her husband has claimed, but instead might have made it back to the couple’s sailboat before she disappeared, a source close to the family told … Read more

Infrared camera on sailboat may hold clues in Lynette Hooker investigation

CBS News has learned the sailboat used by Brian and Lynette Hooker in their travels around the Bahamas, before her disappearance, had an infrared camera capable of detecting heat radiation.  The camera aboard their boat, made by technology company FLIR, can also operate with a cloud memory system, which could hold key evidence in the … Read more

U.S. Coast Guard seizes sailboat in probe of Lynette Hooker’s disappearance in the Bahamas, sources say

The sailboat used by Brian and Lynette Hooker in their travels around the Bahamas — named “Soulmate” — has been seized by U.S. Coast Guard investigators, according to two sources with knowledge of the investigation. The boat departed Marsh Harbour in the Bahamas on Friday and it was on its way to the U.S. when … Read more

In Lynette Hooker probe, Coast Guard seeks information about mystery sailboat

Washington — Federal investigators are now seeking the public’s help in identifying the owners of a sailboat that may have been moored next to Lynette Hooker’s vessel the night she disappeared in the Bahamas, marking a new development in the search for the missing Michigan woman. The U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service, the criminal investigative … Read more