2026年4月14日 / 美国东部时间上午10:21 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
布莱恩·胡克的妻子莉内特在巴哈马乘船夜游时失踪，他对哥伦比亚广播公司新闻表示，他愿意相信妻子仍然活着，并计划尽快重返搜寻现场。
“我不会停止寻找，”胡克情绪激动地说道，并补充说，必须要有“更有权威的人”来让他停下。
当被问及是否相信莉内特还活着时，他回答道：“我想相信。”
胡克的律师特雷尔·巴特勒告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，现年59岁的胡克于上周三被巴哈马当局逮捕，就其妻子失踪一事接受问询。胡克否认存在任何不当行为。他于被拘留五天后的周一晚间获释。
现年55岁的莉内特·胡克仍未被找到。巴哈马皇家警察部队上周表示，搜救行动已转为搜寻打捞行动。
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不过，布莱恩·胡克仍然对莉内特还活着抱有乐观态度。
“我相信我听说过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。
“这里有太多岛屿、太多沙洲、小环礁和小片陆地，”他继续说道。“当然你会考虑其他可能性，但我实在无法对这件事置之不理。”
夫妇二人拥有长期航海经历
胡克夫妇来自密歇根州大急流城，以热衷航海闻名。布莱恩·胡克告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，两人已经航海超过12年，在海上共度时光“棒极了”。
“我们更像是联合船长，”他说。“有些工作由我来做，有些工作由她来做，因为这艘船足够大，需要两个人才能高效操控。”
这艘名为“灵魂伴侣号”的船全长46英尺，有两间卧室和两间浴室。“她是我们的浮动家园，”他说。“我们已经在这艘船上生活了四年。”
他告诉当局，4月4日晚，当他们从霍普镇驶往埃尔博礁时，莉内特从他们的8英尺长的充气艇——而非更大的主船——上落水。他说，强劲的水流将她冲走，同时冲走了充气艇的钥匙，导致发动机断电，他无法靠近她。
警方表示，布莱恩·胡克划着小艇抵达了阿巴科亚岛，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，他告知一名船员妻子失踪，该船员随后通知了当局。
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/brian-hooker-husband-of-missing-woman-in-bahamas-tell-cbs-news-i-wont-be-able-to-stop-looking/
Brian Hooker, husband of woman missing in Bahamas: “I won’t be able to stop looking”
April 14, 2026 / 10:21 AM EDT / CBS News
Brian Hooker, whose wife Lynette disappeared during a nighttime boat ride in the Bahamas, told CBS News he wants to believe his wife is still alive and plans to go back out to look for her as soon as possible.
“I won’t be able to stop looking,” Hooker said, getting emotional, adding that “someone with more authority” will have to tell him to stop.
He responded, “I want to,” when asked if he believes Lynette is still alive.
Hooker, 59, was arrested by Bahamian authorities last Wednesday for questioning about his wife’s disappearance, his attorney, Terrel Butler, told CBS News. Hooker has denied any wrongdoing. He was released from custody Monday night, five days after being detained.
Lynette Hooker, 55, has not been found. The Royal Bahamas Police Force said last week that search and rescue operations had turned into search and recovery.
Lynette Hooker Lynette Hooker/Facebook
Brian Hooker, however, still expressed optimism Lynette could be 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.
“There are so many islands, there are so many sandbars, little atolls and spits of land,” he continued. “Of course you think about alternatives to that, but I’m not really capable of just turning away from this.”
Couple has long history of sailing
The Hookers, from Grand Rapids, Michigan, were known to be avid sailors. Brian Hooker told CBS News the pair had been sailing for more than 12 years and being together on the water was “fantastic.”
“We we’re more like co-captains,” he said. “There are certain jobs that I did, and certain jobs that she did, because there’s a big enough boat that it takes two people to really to run efficiently.”
The boat, called Soulmate, is 46 feet long, with two bedrooms and two bathrooms. “She’s our floating home,” he said. “We’ve been on her for four years now.”
He told authorities that Lynette fell from their 8-foot dinghy — not the larger ship — on the evening of April 4, while they sailed from Hope Town to Elbow Cay. He said powerful currents swept her away, along with the keys to their dingy, 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.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/brian-hooker-husband-of-missing-woman-in-bahamas-tell-cbs-news-i-wont-be-able-to-stop-looking/
