About this episode

The episode discusses the ongoing search for Lynette Hooker in the Bahamas, involving divers, cadaver dogs, and new evidence raising questions about her disappearance.

Exclusive New Video: Coast Guard teams are now searching northwest of Lubbers Quarters Cay and Marsh Harbor near an abandoned boat harbor as the hunt for Lynette Hooker expands across land and sea in the Bahamas. CGIS investigators, divers, an ROV, and Maggie the cadaver dog are all part of the effort in the Sea of Abaco, with the new search areas tied to Brian Hooker’s timeline, his GPS data, and the growing questions around the night he says Lynette “bounced” off the back of their dinghy. Sources confirm the Lynette Hooker case is now being treated as a suspected murder investigation, and the search is zeroing in on new areas tied to Brian Hooker’s timeline, GPS data, and the story he has told since the night Lynette "vanished." The Coast Guard is returning to the Sea of Abaco with a dive team, CGIS investigators, an ROV, and Maggie the cadaver dog. And now, new details from boatyard surveillance video are raising even more questions about Brian’s behavior the morning he says he washed ashore without his wife. Try Wildgrain: Get $30 off your first box and free Croissants for life when you visit https://Wildgrain.com/BANFIELD , or use promo code BANFIELD at checkout.

People in this episode

Host: Ashleigh Banfield

Topics covered

• missing person
• investigation
• true crime
• search efforts
• cadaver dog
• suspicion of murder

Keywords

• Lynette Hooker
• Brian Hooker
• Coast Guard
• cadaver dog
• missing person
• investigation
• true crime
• Bahamas
• Sea of Abaco
• suspicion of murder

Sponsors

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Coast Guard, CGIS

Products: Wildgrain

Places: Bahamas, Sea of Abaco, Lubbers Quarters Cay, Marsh Harbor

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