2026年6月2日 / 美国东部时间晚上8:07 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
一名美国官员向哥伦比亚广播公司新闻透露，今年4月在巴哈马失踪的密歇根州女子林内特·胡克的案件，目前正被作为“一起可能针对美国公民的外国谋杀案”展开调查。
针对55岁的胡克的搜救工作仍在继续，154英尺长的美国海岸警卫队“玛格丽特·诺维尔”号巡逻艇已于周二抵达马什港，船上搭载了一支专业潜水员团队。一名了解调查情况的消息人士周四向哥伦比亚广播公司新闻透露，美国海岸警卫队已于上周获得巴哈马政府许可，派遣潜水员对此前未被搜查过的区域进行排查。
潜水员将根据从某电子设备上获取的GPS数据，搜寻包括胡克遗体在内的新证据。调查人员还前往了胡克最后被人看到还活着的阿巴科旅馆。
据一名知情的美国官员透露，美国政府数周以来一直将此案作为可能针对美国公民的外国谋杀案进行调查，这一调查方向始终未变。尽管公开声明通常将此事描述为“刑事调查”，但官员们一直在依据针对外国杀害美国公民的联邦法规框架开展调查。
目前尚未提出任何指控，该官员强调，最新的定性不应被视为调查出现了新进展或转向。
据另一位了解调查情况的官员透露，新的数字法医证据似乎与布莱恩·胡克对妻子失踪情况的说法相矛盾。布莱恩·胡克告诉当局，他和林内特·胡克当时正乘坐充气小艇返回他们的帆船“灵魂伴侣”号，当时汹涌的海浪将她卷入海中，他自己则漂流了数小时。布莱恩·胡克告诉当地当局，林内特·胡克最后被人看到的地点是在埃尔博礁和霍普敦附近的帕特姨妈湾附近。
这名美国官员此前曾向哥伦比亚广播公司新闻透露，布莱恩·胡克某台设备上的GPS数据显示的移动轨迹与他向调查人员的说法不符。该官员表示，数据显示该设备曾在海上航行，在阿巴科海停留后返回，这为调查人员提供了更精确的搜查地点。
布莱恩·胡克在几天后因林内特·胡克的失踪案被捕，但随后被释放并获准返回美国。他否认有任何不当行为，目前未面临刑事指控。
“这个故事在我看来不太合理，”首批搜救团队成员特洛伊·普里查德告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，“但根据我们掌握的信息，我们必须尽力按照最初与警方沟通时得到的信息展开搜救。”
林内特·胡克的朋友贝恩和马妮·史蒂文森向哥伦比亚广播公司新闻表示，他们希望新的证据能有助于破案。
“我希望这是为林内特寻求正义的正确一步，”马妮·史蒂文森说道。
“我相信根据他们获取的GPS坐标，他们一定会有所发现，”布莱恩·史蒂文森补充道。
Lynette Hooker’s Bahamas disappearance being investigated as possible murder, official says
June 2, 2026 / 8:07 PM EDT / CBS News
The case of Lynette Hooker, a Michigan woman who went missing in the Bahamas in April, is being investigated as a “possible foreign murder of a U.S. national,” a U.S. official told CBS News.
Search efforts for Hooker, 55, are still ongoing, as the 154-foot U.S. Coast Guard cutter Margaret Norvell arrived in Marsh Harbour on Tuesday carrying a team of specialized divers. The U.S. Coast Guard had been granted permission by the Bahamian government to send divers to canvass previously unsearched areas last week, a source briefed on the investigation told CBS News on Thursday.
The divers will be searching for new evidence, including Hooker’s body, based on GPS data gathered from an electronic device. Investigators have also been to the Abaco Inn, the last place Hooker was seen alive.
According to a U.S. official familiar with the matter, the government has been investigating the case as a possible foreign murder of a U.S. national for weeks, and that investigative posture has remained consistent. While public statements have generally described the matter as a “criminal investigation,” officials have been examining the case under the framework of a federal statute that covers the foreign murder of U.S. nationals.
No charges have been filed, and the official emphasized that the recent characterization should not be interpreted as a new development or shift in the investigation.
According to an official familiar with the investigation, the new digital forensic evidence appears to undercut Brian Hooker’s account of his wife’s disappearance. Brian Hooker told authorities that he and Lynette Hooker were on their dinghy going back to their sailboat, the Soulmate, when rough waters knocked her into the sea and left him drifting for several hours. Lynette Hooker was last seen near Aunt Pat’s Bay, near Elbow Cay and Hope Town, Brian Hooker told local authorities.
The U.S. official previously told CBS News the GPS data from one of Brian Hooker’s devices showed movements that did not align with what he told investigators. The data shows the device was out on the water, stopping in the Sea of Abaco before returning, the official said, giving investigators a more precise location to search.
Brian Hooker was arrested in connection with Lynette Hooker’s disappearance several days later, but was released and allowed to return to the U.S. He has denied wrongdoing and has not been criminally charged.
“The story didn’t make a whole lot of sense to me,” Troy Pritchard, a member of the initial search team, told CBS News. “But going on information that we had, we had to do our best to search what was told to us in the initial talks with the police.”
Baine and Marnee Stevenson, who are friends of Lynette Hooker’s, told CBS News they hope the new evidence helps solve the case.
“I’m hoping this is a step in the right direction for justice for Lynette,” Marnee Stevenson said.
“I have faith that following their GPS coordinates, they’re going to find something,” Blaine Stevenson added.