American woman missing in Bahamas after falling overboard is identified

U.S. newsAmerican woman missing in Bahamas after falling overboard is identifiedLynette Hooker, 55, was on an 8-foot boat with her husband when she went overboard, family and authorities say. Her husband said he had to paddle for hours to shore.Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00Hope Town, Great Abaco Island, the Bahamas in 2022.Getty Images ShareAdd NBC News to GoogleApril 7, 2026, 10:42 AM EDTBy Minyvonne Burke and Austin MullenAn American woman reportedly swept out to sea Saturday after falling from a dinghy boat during a Bahamas trip with her husband has been identified. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Lynette Hooker, 55, was on an 8-foot boat with her husband Brian, 58, when she went overboard. The woman's daughter and the Hope Town Volunteer Fire & Rescue confirmed her name to NBC News on Tuesday. "My sole concern is to find out what happened to my mother and make sure a full and complete investigation is performed into her disappearance," Karli Aylesworth said in a statement. Authorities in the Bahamas spent the weekend and Monday searching for Hooker, but have not yet found her. Richard Cook, team lead with the Hope Town Volunteer Fire & Rescue, told NBC News on Tuesday that it is now a recovery operation. The FBI and the U.S. Department of State did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The couple, from Michigan, left Hope Town, Bahamas, around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, headed to Elbow Cay, the Royal Bahamas Police Force said in a statement. They had documented part of their Bahamas trip on their TikTok and Instagram pages called "The Sailing Hookers." In their last TikTok post, the couple had sailed to Great Guana Cay. The husband told police that his wife had the keys to the dinghy boat when she fell into the water. He said he had to paddle for hours before reaching Marsh Harbor Boat Yard early Sunday morning, where he told someone what had happened, police said. Th...