U.S. Coast Guard now has boat of husband of woman who went missing in Bahamas - BERITAJA

The United States Coast Guard has taken possession of the sailboat owned by the American man whose wife vanished successful the Bahamas past month, an charismatic said Monday.

The official, from the Coast Guard’s Fort Pierce station, referred further questions about “Soulmate” to the subject branch’s Miami office, which did not instantly respond to a petition for remark Monday night.

A Michigan-based lawyer for Brian Hooker did not instantly respond to requests for comment. Hooker could not beryllium reached for comment.

Hooker told authorities successful the Bahamas that his wife, Lynette Hooker, vanished aft she fell from the couple’s dinghy connected the evening of April 4 while walking from Hope Town to Elbow Cay.

In a telephone telephone to a friend, he said they were not wearing life jackets and she “basically conscionable bounced disconnected the dinghy” amid 20 mph winds. She fell overboard pinch the cardinal to the vessel’s engine, forcing him to paddle, he has said.

Local authorities arrested Brian Hooker successful relationship pinch her disappearance connected April 8 — the aforesaid time a U.S. Coast Guard charismatic said the branch had opened a criminal investigation into the matter.

Hooker was released 5 days later without charges.

“I’ve ne'er harmed Lynette, and I would ne'er harm Lynette, and I want to find Lynette,” he told Beritaja afterwards.

He returned to the United States shortly aft to thief his sick mother. Lynette Hooker has not been found.

It isn’t clear erstwhile the Coast Guard took possession of “Soulmate” aliases if that improvement is connected to the criminal investigation.