Lynette Hooker case far from ‘put to rest’ 6 months later as feds quietly reconstruct scene: former FBI agent
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Kelsie Cairns, Fox News
Published Oct. 4, 2026, 3:08 p.m. ET
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“It is not something that has been put to rest,” said Nicole Parker, a Fox News contributor and former FBI special agent.
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She addressed a case that has captivated America and has people asking, “Where is Lynette Hooker?
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It’s been six months since the 55-year-old Michigan mother vanished while on a sailing vacation with her husband in the Bahamas.
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No one has seen nor heard from Hooker since April 4.
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According to her husband, Brian, she “went overboard” from a dinghy in Hope Town after the couple went out for drinks that evening.
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They were making their way back to their sailboat “Soulmate,” he told investigators.
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He was initially detained, questioned and then released by Bahamian authorities.
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He has not been charged with any crime or accused of wrongdoing.
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“Just because the public doesn’t exactly see what’s happening, doesn’t mean that it’s not happening behind the scenes,” Parker said.
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The US Coast Guard Investigative Service continues to actively investigate the case; the agency seized “Soulmate” in May.
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They also sent a team of divers to search for any trace of Lynette at the beginning of June.
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Agents returned to the US with the Hookers’ dinghy that was sent to a forensics lab for testing.
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“Certain pieces of evidence were sent to the FBI lab and to Quantico for investigation, for them to analyze it, and that takes time,” Parker said.
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She went on to say, “They’re trying to reconstruct a potential crime scene that occurred in the waters.”
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Parker was the FBI’s crimes on the high seas coordinator and said she knows firsthand how frustrating the slow-moving investigative process can be.
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“There were times when even I myself as an investigator, I wanted things to move more quickly.
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I wanted results, I want it to happen, but these types of cases, they do take time,” she said.
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Lynette’s mother, Darlene Hamlett, came forward in July and said publicly she believes her daughter made it back to “Soulmate” before she vanished.
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“She made it back to the boat, and there was foul play,” Hamlett told Fox News Digital.
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She did not elaborate on how she reached that conclusion but said she has been limited by the Coast Guard in what she can publicly discuss.
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“Remember, there was no one else on the water with them,” Parker said.
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She said the limited release of information “doesn’t mean that there isn’t work going on behind the scenes,” she said.
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As the search for any clues in Lynette’s case continues, Parker said investigators are working around the clock.
“They’re doing everything that they can to bring answers.
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At the end of the day, that’s what Lynette deserves.”
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Brian appears to be living a peaceful and quiet life staying at his mother’s home in Citrus Heights, California – northeast of Sacramento.
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Fox News Digital spotted Hooker walking dogs, chatting with neighbors, making trips to a local pharmacy, and even collecting neighbors’ trash items up and down the street.
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He has not made any recent public statements about his wife’s disappearance.
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Fox News Digital has reached out to Brian Hooker’s attorney for comment.
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The FBI and Coast Guard declined to comment.
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