Investigators plan to launch a fresh probe into the “Soulmate” sailboat missing mom Lynette Hooker and her husband lived on before she vanished in the Bahamas.
Authorities will comb through Lynette and Brian Hooker’s sailboat for clues about her shocking disappearance, Fox News Digital reported.
The Michigan pair lived on the vessel and traveled around the world on it. Their most recent vacation was their doomed trip to the Bahamas.
The Hookers were riding back to the “Soulmate” on a dinghy when Lynette, 55, plunged into the ocean.
While Brian Hooker, 59, denies any foul play and has not been charged in the incident, he remains a suspect in her disappearance.
Law enforcement officials seized the sailboat from the Bahamas and docked it in Fort Pierce, Florida. They later moved it to Fort Lauderdale, according to Fox.
The next step is to pull it out of the water and bring it to a warehouse to be searched, a US official told the outlet.
“Any sort of digital devices that you can take, any computer systems that you can extract, anything of that sort, will be taken in,” Nicole Parker, former FBI special agent, told Fox.
This advancement comes as US dive teams plan to search a new section of the Sea of Abaco because GPS data tracked from Brian Hooker’s cellphone apparently contradicts the story he told the cops.
He was initially detained by authorities, but later released.
Lynette Hooker’s daughter, Karli Aylesworth, previously called for investigators to look into Brian, who is not her biological father.
“There have been prior issues brought to my attention, which may be important for any thorough investigation. If this truly was an accident, I can understand and live with it,” Aylesworth, 28, said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
Brian Hooker’s lawyer did not immediately return a request for comment.
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