A new search for Lynette Hooker in the Bahamas ends without answers about her disappearance while sailing with her husband | CNN

The disappearance of Lynette Hooker in the waters off the Bahamas in April has put a lingering cloud of speculation over her husband and set off a federal criminal investigation, paving the way for a renewed search this month and new questions about what happened the night she went missing. Her husband, Brian Hooker, said the American boater fell overboard and vanished in rough waters despite his attempts to reach her as the pair, married for 25 years, traveled in a dinghy. He was arrested days after reporting her missing and released without charges. For months, he has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and said he will continue to look for his wife. US Coast Guard divers arrived in the Bahamas on June 2 to search for Lynette Hooker in new locations, a US official familiar with the investigation told CNN, after investigators found inconsistencies between the location data recovered from Brian Hooker’s electronic devices and his statements to investigators about where to look. It concluded the search days later. Following Brian Hooker’s release in April, Lynette Hooker’s daughter, Karli Aylesworth, told CNN, “As long as there has been a thorough investigation into all the facts t