Coast Guard releases new photos of sailboat seized in missing American's Bahamas disappearance case

The Coast Guard released caller pictures of the agency's seizure of Brian Hooker's sailboat arsenic a transgression probe remains ongoing into the disappearance of his wife.

Agents with the Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS) seized the sailboat Soulmate, which belongs to Brian and Lynette Hooker, 40 nautical miles disconnected the seashore of Melbourne, Florida, according to a quality release. A root antecedently told Fox News Digital the sailboat was seized betwixt May 8-10.

Lynette Hooker fell disconnected a dinghy aft leaving enactment astatine Hope Town successful the Bahamas astatine astir around 7:30 p.m. connected April 4, her husband, Brian Hooker, told authorities. Brian Hooker claimed that unsmooth waters caused Lynette to autumn disconnected the tiny boat. Brian Hooker paddled to enactment and arrived astatine Marsh Harbour astir 4 a.m. connected April 5, according to authorities.

The mates was headed backmost to their sailboat, their full-time location successful retirement, erstwhile Lynette fell overboard. They often sail astir the U.S. and Caribbean, according to their societal media pages.

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The Coast Guard released caller images of the agency's seizure of the sailboat "Soulmate." (Coast Guard)

Brian Hooker hasn't been charged with a crime.

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The Coast Guard said the seizure was portion of a "complex surveillance and interdiction operation." Soulmate was taken to Coast Guard Station Fort Pierce, wherever investigators are processing the vessel for imaginable evidence.

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The Coast Guard connected Thursday evening released caller pictures aft the bureau seized Brian and Lynette Hooker's sailboat. (Coast Guard)

"The vas Soulmate is presently successful the custody of CGIS arsenic portion of an progressive transgression investigation," the Coast Guard said.

Images taken by Fox News Digital connected Tuesday amusement Brian and Lynette Hooker's sailboat taped disconnected arsenic it sits astatine the U.S. Coast Guard's presumption successful Fort Pierce.

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Lynette Hooker and Brian Hooker seen successful a representation taken successful 2023 connected a tiny boat. (John Waters)

The boat's seizure comes astir a week aft the Coast Guard sought the public's assistance successful uncovering the proprietor of a sailboat that was moored adjacent Brian and Lynette Hooker's Soulmate sailboat successful the Bahamas.

Brian Hooker near the land for the U.S. to thin to his sick mother, his Bahamian lawyer antecedently said.

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Coast Guard officials said the sailboat was seized 40 nautical miles disconnected the seashore of Melbourne, Florida. (Coast Guard)

Coast Guard officials said the sailboat's seizure is portion of a transgression investigation. (Coast Guard)

His Michigan-based lawyer antecedently asked Americans to springiness him the payment of the uncertainty successful an interrogation with ABC News.

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"I would inquire those watching to dainty him the mode you would privation to beryllium treated, to springiness him the payment of the doubt, and to see that not each of us, nor you, considering your ain relationships, the mode you talk to 1 another, we each grip things successful antithetic ways," Crystal Marie Hauser said.