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Lynette Hooker search: Coast Guard to ask Bahamas for permission to send in US divers, officials say

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Lynette Hooker search: Coast Guard to ask Bahamas for permission to send in US divers, officials say
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Forensic evidence recovered from the electronic devices of Lynette Hooker's husband, Brian Hooker, have led investigators to new areas of interest.

Wednesday, May 27, 2026 10:22PM The Coast Guard Investigative Service is preparing to ask the Bahamas for permission to send in U.S divers to search new areas in the ongoing search for Lynette Hooker, an American woman who went overboard and vanished in the Bahamas nearly two months ago, according to multiple U.S. officials.

Forensic evidence recovered from the electronic devices of Lynette Hooker's husband, Brian Hooker, have led investigators to new areas of interest that were previously not searched, according to U.S. officials.

's husband, Brian Hooker, told authorities that after the couple departed Hope Town on their dinghy to head to their yacht, called the "Soulmate," bad weather caused her to go overboard. But hours after that interview, Brian Hooker left the Bahamas, with his attorney saying he wanted to be with his terminally ill mother. Shelter-in-place expires after massive auto shop fire in South Gate; most power outages restoredSuspect dead, bystander wounded after exchange of gunfire near White House: Secret Service

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