American Woman Missing In Bahamas After Falling Overboard Is Identified

An American female reportedly swept retired to oversea Saturday aft falling from a dinghy boat during a Bahamas travel pinch her hubby has been identified.

Lynette Hooker, 55, was connected an 8-foot vessel pinch her hubby Brian, 58, erstwhile she went overboard. The woman's girl and nan Hope Town Volunteer Fire & Rescue confirmed her sanction to NBC News connected Tuesday.

"My sole interest is to find retired what happened to my mother and make judge a afloat and complete investigation is performed into her disappearance," Karli Aylesworth said successful a statement.

Authorities successful nan Bahamas spent nan play and Monday searching for Hooker, but person not yet recovered her. Richard Cook, squad lead pinch nan Hope Town Volunteer Fire & Rescue, told NBC News connected Tuesday that it is now a betterment operation.

The FBI and nan U.S. Department of State did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.

The couple, from Michigan, near Hope Town, Bahamas, astir 7:30 p.m. Saturday, headed to Elbow Cay, nan Royal Bahamas Police Force said successful a statement.

They had documented portion of their Bahamas travel connected their TikTok and Instagram pages called "The Sailing Hookers." In their past TikTok post, nan mates had sailed to Great Guana Cay.

The hubby told constabulary that his woman had nan keys to nan dinghy vessel erstwhile she fell into nan water. He said he had to paddle for hours earlier reaching Marsh Harbor Boat Yard early Sunday morning, wherever he told personification what had happened, constabulary said. That personification alerted authorities.

It appears nan mates had been successful nan Bahamas since February. On Feb. 11, nan mates had posted a TikTok video of them sailing connected nan water.

"Heading to nan Bahamas #saillife," they captioned nan video.

Other posts showed nan hubby and woman retired of nan water, snorkeling, and astatine nan beach.