{"id":45068,"date":"2026-04-08T20:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T20:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=45068"},"modified":"2026-04-08T20:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T20:14:12","slug":"stepdad-did-not-call-daughter-of-missing-us-woman-in-bahamas-until-more-than-24-hours-after-she-disappeared-at-sea-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=45068","title":{"rendered":"Stepdad did not call daughter of missing US woman in Bahamas until &#8216;more than 24 hours&#8217; after she disappeared at sea: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The daughter of missing American woman Lynette Hooker didn\u2019t hear about her mom disappearing at sea until around 24 hours later when her <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/08\/us-news\/husband-of-missing-american-previously-threatened-to-throw-her-overboard-as-her-daughter-shares-chilling-voicenote\/\">stepdad called her,<\/a> according to a report.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Hooker, 58, delivered the shocking news to Lynette\u2019s adult child Karli Aylesworth in a phone call Sunday as mystery surrounds the tragic case that began when the 55-year-old Michigan native went <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/07\/us-news\/american-woman-lynette-hooker-missing-in-bahamas-after-going-overboard-during-boat-ride-with-husband-identified\/\">overboard on a dinghy ride Saturday evening.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Brian and Lynette Hooker.  <span class=\"credit\">Facebook\/Brian Hooker<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSo more than 24 hours later,\u201d a source close to the family <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-15715701\/Brian-Lynette-Hooker-overboard-Bahamasl-daughter-inform.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed to the Daily Mail<\/a> about when Brian called Aylesworth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know why. We don\u2019t know if he was busy looking. We just don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened after 7:30 p.m. on Saturday while the couple was taking the dinghy to their yacht at Elbow Cay, but Brian did not get back to shore until Sunday around 4 a.m. because Lynette went overboard with the boat key that cut off the engine.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Strong currents dragged her away and Brian lost sight of her, according to authorities. The husband told law enforcement he was forced to paddle the boat back to shore with no way to rev up the engine. \u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Karli Aylesworth, daughter of Lynette Hooker, speaks about her missing mother. <span class=\"credit\">WXYZ<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When Brian finally alerted Aylesworth, she claimed<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/american-woman-missing-bahamas-falling-overboard-identified-lynette-ho-rcna266889\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> to NBC News<\/a> his voice was \u201cmonotone and relaxed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was in shock,\u201d she said. \u201cI was like, my mom\u2019s missing? Like, what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also left a voicemail for Aylesworth to let her know searchers found the flotation device he threw to Lynette when she went in the water, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/lynette-hooker-missing-american-boater-bahamas-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Facebook\/Lynette Hooker<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While Brian has not been accused of wrongdoing, Aylesworth finds her mom\u2019s disappearance suspicious and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6392741453112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed to \u201cFox and Friends\u201d<\/a> on Wednesday her stepfather has a \u201cbunch of anger he hasn\u2019t processed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She told NBC News Lynette and Brian\u2019s relationship includes a \u201chistory of not getting along, especially when they drink.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The effort to find Lynette has morphed from a rescue search to a recovery operation.<\/p>\n<p>Attempts to reach Brian have not been successful. He also has not replied to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1454679086147293\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">other outlets\u2019 requests. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brian, in a statement on his Facebook page, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/08\/us-news\/lynette-hookers-husband-says-hes-heartbroken-over-disappearance-at-sea-after-claims-he-had-darker-side\/\">said he was \u201cheartbroken\u201d over his wife\u2019s disappearance<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/08\/us-news\/stepdad-did-not-call-daughter-of-missing-us-woman-in-bahamas-until-more-than-24-hours-after-she-disappeared-at-sea-report\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The daughter of missing American woman Lynette Hooker didn\u2019t hear about her mom disappearing at sea until around 24 hours later when her stepdad called her,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/45069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}