Lynette Hooker: Search efforts turn to recovery for a missing American woman whose husband says fell overboard in the Bahamas | CNN

An American woman is missing at sea in the Bahamas after reportedly falling overboard during an evening dinghy ride with her husband, prompting a recovery mission and investigation, police said. Lynette Hooker, 55, and her husband, Brian Hooker, 58, both US nationals from Michigan, were heading back to their yacht, “Soulmate,” when the wife “bounced” out of the boat, according to Richard Cook, fire team lead with Hope Town Volunteer Fire and Rescue. The woman’s husband said the couple hit strong currents after they had left Hope Town and were headed to Elbow Cay Saturday night in a small 8-foot hard-bottom dinghy, the Royal Bahamas Police Force said. Cook said Lynette Hooker was not wearing a personal flotation device. However, her daughter, Karli Aylesworth, told CNN that Brian Hooker left her a voicemail saying authorities had found a flotation device he threw to Lynette Hooker after she went overboard. According to police, Brian Hooker told them “strong currents subsequently carried her away,” and “he lost sight of her.” Hooker told officials that he last saw his wife swimming toward the shore. When she fell overboard, Hooker said she had the engine safety lany