2026年4月15日 / 美国东部时间晚上7:55 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
其律师向哥伦比亚广播公司新闻透露，在妻子失踪案搜救工作持续进行期间，布莱恩·胡克已离开巴哈马，前去探望病重的母亲。
律师特雷尔·巴特勒表示，胡克计划在针对妻子丽奈特·胡克的搜救工作继续开展时返回巴哈马。丽奈特·胡克在巴哈马的一次夜间乘船途中失踪。巴特勒未说明胡克将在母亲身边停留多久。胡克母亲的一名家庭成员拒绝置评。
59岁的布莱恩·胡克告诉执法人员，4月4日周六晚，当他和55岁的妻子丽奈特·胡克从希望镇驶往埃尔博礁时，丽奈特从他们8英尺长的充气艇上落水。他称强劲的水流将妻子卷走，同时冲走了船钥匙，导致发动机断电，他无法靠近妻子。
警方表示，布莱恩·胡克划艇抵达阿巴科岛，并于4月5日周日凌晨4点左右将船停靠在马什港造船厂。警方称，他告知一名路人妻子失踪，该路人随后通知了执法部门。
布莱恩·胡克还通过短信向数位朋友讲述了当晚的事发经过，并向他们发送了标注了地点的区域地图。哥伦比亚广播公司新闻查看了这些短信，布莱恩·胡克在其中称，强风将他和丽奈特·胡克吹散。他说丽奈特朝着帆船游去，但两人“很快就失去了彼此的视线”。
布莱恩·胡克的妻子在巴哈马乘船时失踪，他表示自己“愿意相信”她还活着。——哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
布莱恩·胡克于上周三被巴哈马当局逮捕接受讯问。他于周一获释，且始终否认有任何不当行为。巴哈马皇家警察部队周二在一份声明中表示，检察官“建议目前暂不起诉，以待进一步调查结果出炉”。
获释后，布莱恩·胡克告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻：“我不会停止寻找她。”他说，除非“有更高权威的人”下令，否则他不会停止。警方上周表示，搜救行动已转为搜寻打捞行动，但布莱恩·胡克告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻：“我愿意相信她还活着。”
“我听说有人在巴哈马落水后存活了数天甚至数周，”他周二对哥伦比亚广播公司新闻说道。
丽奈特·胡克的女儿、布莱恩·胡克的继女卡莉·艾尔斯沃思呼吁对其母亲失踪案的“事实和相关情况进行全面审查”。据艾尔斯沃思透露，布莱恩和丽奈特·胡克近年来曾分手又复合。
艾尔斯沃思周三在一份声明中告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，布莱恩·胡克离开巴哈马“表明他算不上一个信守承诺的人”。
艾尔斯沃思表示，她不相信布莱恩·胡克的说法，并称她的母亲是一名经验丰富的游泳运动员，拥有十余年的帆船驾驶经验。
“我唯一关心的是查明我母亲的下落，并确保对她的失踪展开全面彻底的调查，”艾尔斯沃思此前曾告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻。
这对来自密歇根州大急流城的胡克夫妇是出了名的狂热帆船爱好者。布莱恩·胡克告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，两人已经一起航行了12年多。
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Brian Hooker leaves Bahamas to be with ailing mother as search for wife continues, attorney says
April 15, 2026 / 7:55 PM EDT / CBS News
Amid the ongoing search for his wife, Brian Hooker has left the Bahamas to see his ailing mother, his attorney told CBS News.
Hooker plans to return to the Bahamas as the search for his wife, Lynette Hooker, who disappeared during a nighttime boat ride in the Bahamas, continues, his lawyer, Terrel Butler, said. He did not specify how long he would be with his mother. A family member of Hooker’s mother declined to comment.
Brian Hooker, 59, told authorities that Lynette Hooker, 55, fell from their eight-foot dinghy the evening of Saturday, April 4, while they sailed from Hope Town to Elbow Cay. He said powerful currents swept her away, along with the keys to their boat, which cut power to its engine and prevented him from reaching her.
Police said Brian Hooker paddled to the island of Abacoa, where he docked at the Marsh Harbor Boat Yard around 4 a.m. Sunday, April 5. Police said he told someone that his wife was missing, and that person then informed authorities.
Brian Hooker also told several friends his account of what happened that night via text, and also sent themannotated maps of the area. In the messages, which were reviewed by CBS News, Brian Hooker said that the wind blew him and Lynette Hooker apart. He said she swam towards the sailboat, but the two “lost sight of each other pretty quickly.”
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Brian Hooker, whose wife disappeared while the couple was sailing in the Bahamas, said he “wants to” believe she is still alive. CBS News
Brian Hookerwas arrestedby Bahamian authorities last Wednesday for questioning. He was released Monday and has consistently denied any wrongdoing. The Royal Bahamas Police Forcesaidin a statement Tuesday that prosecutors “recommended that no charges be filed at this time pending the outcome of further investigations.”
After his release, Brian Hooker told CBS News, “I won’t be able to stop looking” for her. He said that “someone with more authority” will have to tell him to stop. Police said last week that search and rescue operations had turned into search and recovery, but Brian Hooker told CBS News, “I want to” believe that she is still alive.
“I believe I’ve been told that people have lasted in the Bahamas after falling overboard for days and even weeks,” he told CBS News on Tuesday.
Karli Aylesworth, Lynette Hooker’s daughter and Brian Hooker’s stepdaughter, has called for “an intensive review of the facts and circumstances” surrounding her mother’s disappearance. According to Aylesworth, Brian and Lynette Hooker had split up and gotten back together in recent years.
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Lynette Hooker Lynette Hooker/Facebook
Aylesworth told CBS News in a statement Wednesday that Brian Hooker leaving the Bahamas “shows he’s not much of a man of his word.”
Aylesworth has said she doesn’t believe Brian Hooker’s version of events, describing her mother as an experienced swimmer with more than a decade of sailing experience.
“My sole concern is to find out what happened to my mother and make sure a full and complete investigation is performed into her disappearance,” Aylesworth previously told CBS News.
The Hookers, from Grand Rapids, Michigan, were known to be avid sailors. Brian Hooker told CBS News the pair had been sailing together for more than 12 years.
Kerry Breen contributed to this report.
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