Michigan couple at center of Bahamas disappearance chronicled sailing adventures on social media

2026-04-10T20:45:39Z Lynette Hooker bounced around the deck of the docked Soul Mate, smiled into the camera and proclaimed: “We’re finally leaving Kemah,” referring to a Texas port town. “It’s only been four months,” she said as her husband, Brian, tugged on some rigging as they got ready to set sail. The “Gulf Crossing” video more than three years ago marked the start of a sailing adventure — chronicled on Facebook — for a couple who are now at the center of criminal investigations after Lynette went missing in the Bahamas . A few days after Lynette disappeared, police in the Atlantic Ocean island nation arrested Brian. He denies any wrongdoing in his wife’s disappearance and has been cooperating with law enforcement, his attorney, Terrel Butler, said. Brian Hooker told police that his wife of more than 20 years fell overboard Saturday night from a small motorboat that was carrying the couple from Hope Town to Elbow Cay, small islands on the eastern end of the Bahamas. He said Lynette, 55, had the keys and the boat’s engine shut off. “Strong currents subsequently carried her away, and he lost sight of her,” police said in a statement Saturday. He paddled to shore and alerted others early Sunday, said authorities, who arrested and questioned him Wednesday. The U.S. Coast Guard has opened an investigation separate from the one by Bahamas authorities. Karli Aylesworth, Lynette’s daughter, has said it’s unlikely her mother would “just fall” from a boat. (