Lynette Hooker husband, Brian Hooker remains jailed as Bahamas authorities mull criminal charges with man’s lawyer alluding to potential charge of causing harm resulting in death. Officials have requested Monday night extension before either charging man or setting him free after Michigan woman going overboard as her body remains unrecovered.
The husband of missing Michigan woman, Lynette Hooker won’t learn until Monday whether he will face charges in the disappearance of his wife after she went overboard while the couple was boating in the Bahamas, police announced Friday night.
Brian Hooker, 59, will remain behind bars in Freeport until at least 7 p.m. Monday, as the Royal Bahamas Police Force weighs criminal charges.
Police decided to hold Hooker nearly a week after his 55-year-old wife disappeared during a hard bottom dingy ride Saturday night.
Bahamas police granted extension to hold Michigan husband
Police were up against a 7:20 p.m. Friday night deadline — Bahamian law requires anyone in custody to be released if they are not charged within 48 hours — to press charges against Hooker, set him free or request an extension to keep him behind bars after taking him into custody on Wednesday.
Speaking to Fox News Digital Friday evening, Hooker’s attorney, Terrel Butler told the outlet that her client continued to remain in legal limbo and would have to wait until Monday evening to find out if he would face charges.
According to the attorney, special circumstances allows police to request an extension of up to 96 hours. Butler said Friday that police are questioning Brian on a potential charge of causing harm resulting in death.
Was Lynette Hooker victim of foul play? Daughter raises suspicions
Hooker was questioned over the couple’s Bahamas trip and the hours before his wife went overboard — along with claims from stepdaughter Karli Aylesworth, 28, accusing him of volatile behavior toward her mother.
Lynette’s daughter told multiple outlets this week that she feared her mother may have been a victim of foul play while out at sea — alluding to a ‘history of domestic violence.’
Aylesworth told Fox News that her aggressive stepfather had previously threatened to throw her mom overboard, noting a ‘history of him choking her.’
‘Their relationship has been a lot of fighting and drinking lately,’ she told CBS, adding that she doesn’t believe her stepdad’s version of events.
‘So I’m just kind of questioning what actually went on in that dinghy.’
Hooker, has ‘categorically denied’ Aylesworth’s allegations, his lawyer said.
Key lies whether Bahamas authorities are able to recover missing body
Records from more than a decade ago show that Lynette was once arrested and spent the night in jail after getting into a physical fight with her husband.
She was released due ‘insufficient evidence as to who started the assault,’ according to records.
In recent weeks, the couple, who posted on social media under the moniker The Sailing Hookers, documented their adventures – where they were seen on their yacht, snorkeling and scuba diving.
But during Saturday’s boat ride, Lynette fell into the water with the boat key, cutting off the engine, before being carried away by a strong current and out of Brian’s sight, the spouse told authorities.
With the engine off, Hooker was forced to paddle seven hours back to shore. He returned early the next morning and reported his wife missing.
Failed efforts to find her have altered the search from a rescue to recovery operation.
