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For our final story, we are headed back to the Bahamas for an update in the case of Lynette Hooker, who went missing there in early April.
Her husband, Brian, told police that the two were on a dinghy going from Hopetown to Elbow Key when Lynette fell overboard with the keys to the dinghy.
That's right.
After your reporter missing, the Royal Bahamas police set off searching for Lynette but didn't find her.
Lynette's daughter, Carly, told me that she did not buy Brian's story from the get-go, and she mentioned problems in the marriage.
Brian was taken into custody and questioned.
He was released five days later.
Yes, as you know, he said all along that he had nothing to do with her disappearance, and he vowed to keep looking for her.
So we know the couple's boat, called Soulmate, was seized in Florida in May.
Brad, what is new?
A U.S.
official told NBC News last week that after examining the boat's GPS, it looks like Brian might have given them the wrong location for where Lynette went missing.
So U.S.
divers arrived in the Bahamas last week and started looking for her in a different spot, the Abaco Sea.
According to photos obtained by NBC News, cadaver dogs were also taken to the boatyard where Brian was on the day he reported Lynette missing.
On Monday, authorities announced that no body was found.
The U.S.
Coast Guard said in a statement that their recent search has concluded and that the investigation is ongoing.
They encourage anyone with information to come forward.
Okay, thank you so much for these updates, Brad.