Fresh GPS data is sending US search teams back into Bahamian waters in the case of missing Michigan woman Lynette Hooker. A US official says the Coast Guard plans to relaunch its search around the Sea of Abaco after tracking information from the couple's boat appeared to undercut husband Brian Hooker's account of where he was the night Lynette vanished in early April, per NBC News. An official tells CBS News that an unidentified electronic device indicates the vessel made a stop in the Sea of Abaco. Investigators now believe they initially focused on the wrong area, and the Coast Guard is seeking permission from Bahamian authorities to send divers back in.
The Coast Guard has seized the Soulmate, the vessel the couple had been living on, while the FBI analyzes evidence in Quantico, Va. Hooker, who was arrested in the Bahamas on April 8 and released without charge, remains a suspect, police say, but has repeatedly denied harming his wife. He has said Lynette fell from their dinghy between Hope Town and Elbow Cay while holding the engine key and that he paddled across the sea to Marsh Harbour to seek help. Lynette's daughter provided DNA to investigators this week to assist the search, per NBC. The couple's history includes a 2015 incident in Michigan in which both accused the other of assault; prosecutors declined to issue a warrant, citing "insufficient evidence as to who started the assault."
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