{"id":48273,"date":"2026-04-12T05:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T05:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=48273"},"modified":"2026-04-12T05:13:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T05:13:00","slug":"husband-of-american-woman-missing-in-bahamas-should-tell-the-truth-about-boating-incident-his-stepmom-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=48273","title":{"rendered":"Husband of American woman missing in Bahamas should &#8216;tell the truth&#8217; about boating incident, his stepmom says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Brian Hooker\u2019s estranged stepmom urged him to \u201ctell the truth\u201d about his wife\u2019s disappearance after she toppled into Bahamian waters while the pair were boating.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While Hooker, 59, remains behind bars until at least 7 p.m. Monday at Central Police Station in Freeport, his stepmother, Donna Hooker, is struggling to grapple with his wife having gone missing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t comprehend it because of knowing him like I do. I don\u2019t understand,\u201d she told <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1HDD88oDhnm9eQcVgRoawC0Cf0Yfhr3-sr80HFx3GqTI\/edit?tab=t.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC 13<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Brian and Lynette were riding the 8-foot vessel Saturday when she reportedly fell off. <span class=\"credit\">Facebook \/ Lynette Hooker<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe title=\"&#039;I CAN&#039;T COMPREHEND IT&#039; | Stepmom of Brian Hooker speaks out as he remains in custody in the Bahamas\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O0LCl-L1tXc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Hooker and his 55-year-old wife Lynette were riding in an 8-foot dinghy April 4 when she reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/09\/us-news\/bahamas-police-may-have-tricked-lynette-hookers-husband-into-talking-to-them-for-three-hours-before-arrest-lawyer\/\">fell overboard <\/a>and was swept away in the powerful current.<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested Wednesday, but continues to deny any wrongdoing. Hooker is being held in custody as authorities decide whether <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/10\/us-news\/husband-of-lynette-hooker-american-woman-who-vanished-in-bahamas-to-remain-behind-bars-as-cops-weigh-criminal-charges\/\">to file charges<\/a>, his attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/11\/us\/lynette-hooker-brian-bahamas-investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terrel Butler told CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIf he did what they think he did by pushing her out of the boat, he needs to tell the truth,\u201d said Donna Hooker, who last saw him when her husband George \u2014 Brian\u2019s father \u2014 had a stroke in 2021. <\/p>\n<p>That is when he allegedly aired out his martial woes to her.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Brian remains in the Bahamas in custody as authorities decide whether to press charges.  <span class=\"credit\">pics721 \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI asked Brian, \u2018Where\u2019s Lynette?\u2019\u201d she recalled. \u201cAnd he said \u2018Well, we\u2019re not getting along, we\u2019re separated and I don\u2019t know when we are going to get back together \u2013 if we\u2019re going to get back together.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cI don\u2019t think Lynette and Brian should have been together \u2026 it just seems like it got bad.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The stepmom said she wasn\u2019t aware of any violence \u2013 but Brian and Lynette\u2019s neighbor told a different story.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lynette reportedly got swept up in the ocean\u2019s strong current.  <span class=\"credit\">Facebook \/ Lynette Hooker<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jordan Plentz, 29, told the Detroit News she witnessed \u201cpretty bad\u201d domestic violence between the Hookers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The pair, who have been married for about 25 years, had previously split up, before reuniting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There had been at least one domestic violence call to their home, with Lynette being the one charged.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lynette\u2019s daughter Karli Aylesworth called for a thorough investigation into the incident.  <span class=\"credit\">Facebook \/ Lynette Hooker<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lynette\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/07\/world-news\/daughter-of-missing-american-woman-who-went-overboard-boating-in-the-bahamas-hints-at-prior-issues\/\">daughter Karli Aylesworth, 28,<\/a> was concerned about her mother\u2019s safety and called for a thorough investigation into Brian Hooker, who is not her biological father.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been prior issues brought to my attention, which may be important for any thorough investigation. If this truly was an accident, I can understand and live with it,\u201d Aylesworth said in a statement to Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, there needs to be an intensive review of the facts and circumstances of this tragic incident before that can be determined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brian Hooker\u2019s lawyer did not immediately respond to The Post\u2019s request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/11\/world-news\/the-husband-of-the-missing-us-woman-should-tell-the-truth-about-bahamas-boating-incident-his-stepmom-says\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Hooker\u2019s estranged stepmom urged him to \u201ctell the truth\u201d about his wife\u2019s disappearance after she toppled into Bahamian waters while the pair were boating.\u00a0 While&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48273","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=48273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/48274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}