{"id":273689,"date":"2026-05-16T19:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T19:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/273689\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T19:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T19:55:13","slug":"coast-guard-seizes-sailboat-off-florida-coast-in-missing-woman-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/273689\/","title":{"rendered":"Coast Guard seizes sailboat off Florida coast in missing woman investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service has taken control of a sailboat as part of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.uscg.mil\/Press-Releases\/Article\/4487715\/coast-guard-investigative-service-seizes-sailing-vessel-soulmate-during-offshor\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:ongoing investigation;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;ongoing investigation&quot;}\" class=\"link \">ongoing investigation<\/a> into the disappearance of Lynette Hooker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officials said agents, working with Coast Guard crews and aircraft, stopped the sailing vessel Soulmate about 40 miles off the coast of Melbourne, Florida. The operation was part of a larger investigation led by federal authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After the vessel was seized, it lost power and had to be towed by the Coast Guard Cutter Winslow Griesser. It was later handed off to a Coast Guard crew in Fort Pierce to guide it through the inlet.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Coast Guard says the sailboat is now being held as investigators continue looking into what happened to Hooker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lynette Hooker went missing earlier while traveling aboard the Soulmate. Officials have not released many details, but say the case remains active and under investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At this time, authorities are not sharing additional information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscg.mil\/Units\/Coast-Guard-Investigative-Service\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Coast Guard Investigative Service tip line;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Coast Guard Investigative Service tip line&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Coast Guard Investigative Service tip line<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Click here;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Click here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:click here;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;click here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/wftvapps.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"537\" height=\"108\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/beda08358d6db9816e7b0d066edd22cf.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service has taken control of a sailboat as part of an ongoing investigation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1993,116993,92983,28,30,29,667,46782],"class_list":["post-273689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-coast-guard","tag-cutter-winslow-griesser","tag-federal-authorities","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-investigation","tag-sailboat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273689","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=273689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}