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Lynette Hooker bounced around the deck of the docked Soul Mate, smiled into the camera and proclaimed, \u201cWe\u2019re finally leaving Kemah,\u201d referring to a Texas port town.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s only been four months,\u201d she said as her husband, Brian, tugged on some rigging as they got ready to set sail.<\/p>\n
The Gulf Crossing video in 2023 marked the start of a sailing adventure \u2013 chronicled on Facebook \u2013 for a couple who are now at the center of criminal investigations after Lynette went missing in the Bahamas<\/a>.<\/p>\n A few days after Lynette disappeared, police from the Atlantic Ocean island nation arrested Brian.<\/p>\n He denies any wrongdoing in his wife\u2019s disappearance and has been cooperating with law enforcement, his attorney, Terrel Butler, said.<\/p>\n Butler added that Brian Hooker would remain in custody until at least Monday evening while investigators continued examining the case. He told police that his wife of more than 20 years fell overboard on Saturday night from a small motorboat that was carrying the couple from Hope Town to Elbow Cay, small islands on the eastern end of the Bahamas<\/a>.<\/p>\n He said Lynette, 55, had the keys to the boat\u2019s engine, which shut off.<\/p>\n \u201cStrong currents subsequently carried her away, and he lost sight of her,\u201d police said in a statement on Saturday.<\/p>\n He paddled to shore and alerted others early Sunday, said authorities, who arrested and questioned him on Wednesday.<\/p>\n The US Coast Guard has opened an investigation separate from the one by the Bahamas authorities.<\/p>\n Karli Aylesworth, Lynette\u2019s daughter, has said it\u2019s unlikely her mother would \u201cjust fall\u201d from a boat.<\/p>\n And while the couple is seen smiling, laughing and joking in social media videos of their voyage, they have a history of contention.<\/p>\n Brian and Lynette Hooker accused each other of assault in 2015, according to a Kentwood, Michigan, police report obtained by NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n Brian Hooker, who was intoxicated and bleeding from the nose, told police his wife had struck him multiple times in the face, the report said. He told officers Lynette also was drunk. She was arrested for assault and spent the night in jail. A warrant was denied because it wasn\u2019t clear \u201cwho started the assault\u201d.<\/p>\n Aylesworth also told NBC that the couple\u2019s relationship was volatile and that they have a \u201chistory of not getting along, especially when they drink\u201d.<\/p>\n The couple\u2019s home is in Onsted, about 72 miles (117 km) south-west of Detroit. The closest big body of water is Lake Erie, about 60 miles (72km) south-east of Onsted.<\/p>\n Lynette Hooker\u2019s mother, Darlene Hamlett, said on Wednesday that the family \u201cgrew up on water\u201d and that her daughter\u2019s life has been \u201cnear lakes, on boats, sailing and swimming\u201d.<\/p>\n