{"id":48575,"date":"2026-04-12T13:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=48575"},"modified":"2026-04-12T13:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T13:00:04","slug":"husband-of-missing-lynette-hooker-reveals-grave-mistake-he-made-in-phone-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=48575","title":{"rendered":"Husband of missing Lynette Hooker reveals grave mistake he made in phone call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The husband arrested in connection with his <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/10\/us-news\/husband-of-missing-us-woman-who-went-missing-from-bahamas-reveals-what-police-grilled-him-about-following-her-disappearance\/\">wife\u2019s disappearance in the Bahamas<\/a> described the events of the night she vanished as a \u201ccascade of failures\u201d \u2014 admitting that he \u201ccan\u2019t really explain\u201d what happened in a frank call to a friend.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Hooker, 59, is still <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\/\">being questioned by police in the Caribbean<\/a> after he said his wife, Lynette, 55, fell overboard off a small dinghy as they returned to their yacht on April 4.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lynette Hooker was first reported missing by her husband Brian last week, who claims she fell off their boat in the Bahamas. <span class=\"credit\">Facebook \/ Lynette Hooker<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Brian Hooker is currently jailed and being questioned by the police in the Caribbean in connection with Lynette\u2019s disappearance. <span class=\"credit\">Facebook\/Lynette Hooker<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt was a cascade of failures, and it\u2019s something I\u2019m never going to forgive myself for,\u201d Hooker said in the call to a friend made April 7, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CBSNews\/status\/2043130809150845080?s=20\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">verified by CBS News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe stayed too long, we left too dark, all kinds of s\u2013t,\u201d Hooker continued, speaking in a calm voice.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Brian then admitted to not anchoring the dinghy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI f\u2013king threw the anchor out last, instead of first,\u201d he told his pal.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lynette has still not been found after her apparent fall. <span class=\"credit\">Abaco Asian Market via WTVG<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cCan\u2019t really explain it, you know. I just know that I hate this boat and<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\/\"> if she doesn\u2019t come back<\/a>, I\u2019m never getting on this f\u2013king boat and I\u2019m gonna sell this f\u2013ker,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also admitted that the pair, from Michigan, did not bring their life jackets.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/12\/us-news\/husband-of-missing-lynette-hooker-reveals-grave-mistake-he-made-in-phone-call\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The husband arrested in connection with his wife\u2019s disappearance in the Bahamas described the events of the night she vanished as a \u201ccascade of failures\u201d \u2014&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48575","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\/48575","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=48575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/48576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}