2026年7月9日 / 美国东部时间晚上9:22 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：克里斯蒂安·贝纳维德斯
一位熟悉该家庭的消息人士告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，美国海岸警卫队的调查人员正在调查一种可能性：今年早些时候在巴哈马失踪的一名密歇根州女子，可能并非如其丈夫所称的那样从充气艇上落水，而是有可能在失踪前回到了这对夫妇的帆船之上。
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻获悉，调查人员同时也在调查这对夫妇是否有可能在那艘帆船之上发生过肢体冲突。
55岁的莉内特·胡克于4月5日被其丈夫布莱恩·胡克报失踪。
布莱恩·胡克此前向当局表示，他的妻子在夫妇二人从埃尔博礁乘船夜游、返回停泊在霍普敦附近海域的帆船“灵魂伴侣号”时，从充气艇上落水。夫妇二人一直乘坐这艘帆船在巴哈马群岛环游。
他声称莉内特·胡克“撞开”了载有钥匙的充气艇，并被汹涌的海水卷走，迫使他划船返回岸边。至今仍未找到莉内特·胡克的遗体。
布莱恩·胡克尚未被指控任何罪行，并否认有任何不当行为。妻子失踪后，他曾被巴哈马当局短暂拘留，但随后获释并被允许返回美国。
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻周四获悉，美国当局已告知莉内特·胡克的家属，她有可能回到了“灵魂伴侣号”上，这与布莱恩·胡克的说法相矛盾。
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该消息人士称，美国海岸警卫队的调查人员还试图确定“灵魂伴侣号”上是否发生过肢体冲突。
“灵魂伴侣号”于5月在佛罗里达州海岸约40海里处被海岸警卫队扣押，而那艘充气艇也于6月在巴哈马被海岸警卫队调查人员扣押。据了解调查情况的消息人士透露，调查人员一直在弗吉尼亚州匡蒂科的联邦调查局设施内分析从这艘帆船获取的证据。
在4月妻子失踪后不久接受哥伦比亚广播公司新闻采访时，布莱恩·胡克将与妻子一同航海的经历描述为“棒极了”。
“我们更像是联合船长，”布莱恩·胡克当时说道。
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻已联系布莱恩·胡克的律师，就最新进展置评。
Missing Michigan woman Lynette Hooker may have returned to her sailboat before disappearance in the Bahamas, source says
July 9, 2026 / 9:22 PM EDT / CBS News
By Cristian Benavides
Investigators with the Coast Guard are looking into the possibility that a Michigan woman who went missing in the Bahamas earlier this year may not have fallen overboard from a dinghy as her husband has claimed, but instead might have made it back to the couple’s sailboat before she disappeared, a source close to the family told CBS News.
CBS News has learned investigators are also looking into whether the couple possibly had a physical altercation aboard that sailboat.
Lynette Hooker, 55, was reported missing by her husband, Brian Hooker, on April 5.
Brian Hooker previously told authorities his wife had fallen overboard from a dinghy when the couple went for a nighttime ride from Elbow Cay and were in the process of returning to their sailboat, the “Soulmate,” which was moored off Hopetown, and which the couple had been using to travel around the Bahamas.
He alleged that Lynette Hooker “bounced off” the dinghy with its keys and was swept away by rough waters, forcing him to paddle back to shore. Her body has not been found.
Brian Hooker has not been charged with a crime and denies any wrongdoing. He was briefly detained by Bahamian authorities after his wife’s disappearance, but was released and allowed to return to the U.S.
CBS News learned Thursday that family members of Lynette Hooker have been told by U.S. authorities she may have made it back to the Soulmate, which would contradict Brian Hooker’s account.
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U.S. Coast Guard investigators are also trying to determine if there was a physical altercation on board the Soulmate, the source said.
The Soulmate was seized by the Coast Guard in May about 40 nautical miles off Florida’s coast, while the dinghy was also seized by Coast Guard investigators in the Bahamas in June. Investigators have been analyzing evidence from the sailboat at an FBI facility in Quantico, Virginia, according to sources briefed on the investigation.
In an interview with CBS News in April, shortly after his wife disappeared, Brian Hooker described the experience of sailing with his wife as “fantastic.”
“We were more like co-captains,” Brian Hooker said at the time.
CBS News has reached out to Brian Hooker’s attorney for comment on the developments.