Coast Guard will dive in new area of Bahamas waters in search for Lynette Hooker, official says | CNN

The US Coast Guard will send divers to new locations in its search for Lynette Hooker after investigators found inconsistencies between her husband’s location data and his statements to investigators about where to search for his wife, a US official familiar with the investigation told CNN. Lynette Hooker, a 55-year-old American mother and sailor, went missing in early April. Her husband of 25 years, Brian Hooker, told authorities she fell from an 8‑foot dinghy in the rough waters near the Bahamas’ Abaco Islands as the couple was traveling back to their yacht one evening, according to police. But location data recovered from Brian Hooker’s electronic devices contradicts his early statements to investigators advising them where to look for his wife and where the couple had traveled that evening, the official said. The Royal Bahamas Police Force has granted permission to the Coast Guard to send divers to an area of the Sea of Abaco, which envelops the island Brian Hooker said they were sailing to, Elbow Cay, the official said. The husband reported his wife missing April 5, telling investigators she fell overboard the evening prior as they were riding back to their yacht throu