Missing boater Lynette Hooker was reportedly once arrested and spent the night in jail after getting into a physical fight with her husband, records show.
The 55-year-old mom, who allegedly fell overboard from a dinghy in the Bahamas on Saturday, was nabbed back in 2015 when cops responded to a domestic violence incident at her Kentwood, Michigan, home, NBC News reported.
Hooker’s husband, Brian Hooker, was drunk and had blood pouring from his nose when officers arrived, according to the arrest report.
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At the time, the husband alleged his wife — who he claimed was also drunk — had punched him four to five times in the face during the altercation.
“He stated he had never been hit like that in a long time. He started to cry and became emotional,” the report noted.
Lynette, however, claimed her husband had hit her in the forehead before allegedly choking and punching her once.
The police report indicated that Lynette didn’t appear to have any injuries.
The drunken confrontation apparently unfolded when Lynette had tried to get into a bedroom that her kids were fooling around in.
The husband claimed he was trying to calm his wife down, the report charges.
Lynette ended up being arrested on charges of assault and battery/simple assault and spent the night in the slammer.
The warrant was eventually denied though because there was “insufficient evidence as to who started the assault,” according to the report.
The details of their tumultuous relationship surfaced only after Brian was arrested Wednesday in connection with his wife’s disappearance.
Authorities have been searching for the missing mom ever since Brian reported that she had fallen into the water and was swept away by powerful currents while they were returning in a dinghy to their yacht, Soulmate, off the coast of the Bahamas.
Brian claimed his wife had the boat key on her when she went overboard, causing the engine to cut off and forcing him to paddle back to the marina.
He was taken into custody after Lynette’s daughter from a previous relationship raised the alarm.
“I do believe something might have happened to her,” the daughter, Karli Aylesworth, told Fox News.
“There’s history of him choking her out and threatening to throw her overboard. So the fact that this is actually happening makes me believe there’s more to the story.”
Brian’s attorney said he has been “cooperating with the relevant authorities as part of an ongoing investigation” in the wake of his arrest.
