{"id":268848,"date":"2026-05-13T02:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T02:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/268848\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T02:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T02:27:09","slug":"investigators-search-brian-hookers-boat-as-search-for-wife-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/268848\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigators search Brian Hooker\u2019s boat as search for wife continues"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe boat belonging to Brian and Lynette Hooker is docked at a U.S. Coast Guard station in Fort Pierce as investigators continue looking into the disappearance of Lynette Hooker in the Bahamas.WPBF 25 News watched investigators searching the vessel, named Soulmate, Monday morning at the Coast Guard station along the Indian River Lagoon.A witness told WPBF that he saw the boat arrive Sunday, and according to ABC News, it was seized by the U.S. Coast Guard before being moved from the Bahamas to Fort Pierce. Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 NewsLynette Hooker disappeared last month when her husband Brian Hooker said they were on a dinghy during bad weather and she fell overboard. Brian Hooker was later detained for questioning by authorities in the Bahamas before being released. He has denied any wrongdoing in the case.A U.S. Coast Guard criminal investigation has since been opened.WPBF 25 News reached out to the Coast Guard, asking when and why the boat was brought to Fort Pierce and what investigators are doing with it. A spokesperson said the agency could not comment on an active investigation.Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tFORT PIERCE, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

The boat belonging to Brian and Lynette Hooker is docked at a U.S. Coast Guard station in Fort Pierce as investigators continue looking into the disappearance of Lynette Hooker in the Bahamas.<\/p>\n

WPBF 25 News watched investigators searching the vessel, named Soulmate, Monday morning at the Coast Guard station along the Indian River Lagoon.<\/p>\n

\t\t\"investigators<\/p>\n

A witness told WPBF that he saw the boat arrive Sunday, and according to ABC News<\/a>, it was seized by the U.S. Coast Guard before being moved from the Bahamas to Fort Pierce. <\/p>\n

Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 News<\/a><\/p>\n

Lynette Hooker disappeared last month when her husband Brian Hooker said they were on a dinghy during bad weather and she fell overboard. <\/p>\n

\t\t\"investigators<\/p>\n

\n\t\tHearst Owned\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrian and Lynette Hooker<\/p>\n

Brian Hooker was later detained for questioning<\/a> by authorities in the Bahamas before being released. He has denied any wrongdoing in the case.<\/p>\n

A U.S. Coast Guard criminal investigation has since been opened.<\/p>\n

\t\t\"investigators<\/p>\n

WPBF 25 News reached out to the Coast Guard, asking when and why the boat was brought to Fort Pierce and what investigators are doing with it. A spokesperson said the agency could not comment on an active investigation.<\/p>\n

Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The boat belonging to Brian and Lynette Hooker is docked at a U.S. Coast Guard station in Fort…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268849,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[1539,1890,115427,29069,3886,7441,115426,675,115428,677,115,115430,171,173,172,115429,115431,24617,189],"class_list":["post-268848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-bahamas","tag-boat","tag-brian-hooker","tag-disappearance","tag-fort-pierce","tag-investigator","tag-investigators-search-brian-hookers-boat-as-probe-intensifies-into-wifes-disappearance","tag-local-coverage","tag-lynette-hooker","tag-neighborhood","tag-news","tag-newslynette-hooker","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-probe-intensifie","tag-soulmate","tag-wife","tag-wpbf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}