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GPS Contradicts Hooker Story as Coast Guard Seizes Sailboat

5/28/2026

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Hooker GPS Discrepancy

GPS data from Brian Hooker’s device placed the Soulmate at a Sea of Abaco spot that contradicts his earlier account.
The U.S. Coast Guard seized the couple’s sailboat Soulmate, which is now docked in Florida.
U.S. investigators seek Bahamas’ permission to send divers to search areas for Lynette Hooker’s body.
Authorities are also reviewing footage from an infrared camera installed on the vessel.

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Hooker Boat Seized

A friend says Brian Hooker’s $33,000 FLIR thermal camera on sailboat was never activated to search for his missing wife.
The U.S. Coast Guard seized Brian Hooker’s sailboat between May 8 and May 10 and moved it to Fort Pierce for evidence processing.
Investigators have asked Hooker family members to provide DNA samples to aid the probe.
The vessel’s AIS ceased at 9:29 p.m. on April 4, resumed 8:40 a.m. day later, three outages April 10-13.

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Historical Context

On 4 March 1918 the collier USS Cyclops left Rio de Janeiro for Baltimore with 306 crew and a cargo of manganese ore. Overloaded and sailing with a cracked starboard engine, she vanished after a storm off the Virginia Capes, and the Navy’s investigation cited structural failure. The mystery spurred stricter ship-log requirements, a precedent echoed today in calls for DNA sampling and vessel tracking.

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Hooker GPS Discrepancy

GPS data from Brian Hooker’s device placed the Soulmate at a Sea of Abaco spot that contradicts his earlier account.
The U.S. Coast Guard seized the couple’s sailboat Soulmate, which is now docked in Florida.
U.S. investigators seek Bahamas’ permission to send divers to search areas for Lynette Hooker’s body.
Authorities are also reviewing footage from an infrared camera installed on the vessel.

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