NEW! Husbands Behaving Badly (Part 1): Brian Hooker Arrested In Connection With Wife Missing At Sea
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What led to the arrest of Brian Hooker in connection with his wife's disappearance?
This is an iHeart Podcast. Guaranteed human. Hey there, folks. It is Thursday, April 9th, and well, I guess we saw this one coming. Woman falls off a boat, goes missing. Husband comes back to shore, says, my wife went overboard. And wouldn't you know, that husband has now been arrested. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ Robes. This has been days and days of building. You hear the story, you hear the details, and we all thought, yeah, this is a true crime story episode waiting to happen. And sure enough, here we are.
Yes, this unfortunately wasn't too hard to see coming, especially when you have the daughter of the missing woman speaking out about her stepfather and getting very specific about her suspicions based on past behavior where she claims he had been violent towards his mother and even had threatened... to throw her overboard. So yes, she went on a media campaign of sorts, which honestly, very commendable and brave of her. She just, once her mom went missing, she actually showed and let a lot of folks listen to this voicemail from her stepdad and said, yeah, this woman I don't believe is an accident. And she actually called for the investigation that had taken place. And now, yes, it looks like her stepfather is officially under arrest.
So we'll take you back here. What we talk about is Lynette Hooker. This is a 55 year old woman from Michigan who has been missing since last Saturday.
What details surround Lynette Hooker's alleged fall from the dinghy?
And the story was that she had gone out with her husband, Brian. Uh, they'd gone out in a dinghy, a eight foot dinghy. So a small boat, but hard bottom boat. And this was a, both of them experienced, uh, folks who were out there on the sea. They are experienced, um, at doing this. So she goes missing. He comes back and claims she fell over some kind of way. She had the keys to this dinghy with her in her pocket. So the engine shuts off. He can't control it. And he has to paddle his way back some hours later. And that's the story he told Robes when he got back. Everybody heard that story and immediately called bullshit on that story. But who didn't do so well. were authorities who took him at his word and at least robes publicly were saying this is a search and rescue operation and he was not a suspect.
That's true. This all happened. Think about it. We're now here on Thursday morning. This happened Saturday night. They took off at 7.30 p.m. I believe by the time he paddled his way back to shore, it was around 4 a.m. on Sunday. So, yeah, we're talking four full days of, yes, searching for Lynette, who they still have not found somewhere in the Caribbean Sea. And saying that, yes, Brian was not a suspect, that they were not looking at him. He was not considered in any way a part of this investigation until now where he has been officially arrested. And I have to think that this woman, Lynette's daughter, had to play a significant role.
How did Lynette's daughter contribute to the investigation?
She filled in so many holes in the story because if it weren't for her... What do they have to go on? You got a guy who claims something happened where there is no other version to compete with his.
But babe, you can't arrest the guy just because the daughter is pissed. They must have something or know something. The daughter's suspicions or even they could have had the most explosive, violent, volatile relationship leading up to this. And that is not evidence that he killed the woman. So they have to have something. And I'm curious to know what it is because they don't have her body, correct? I've seen nowhere they have that.
As of this recording, they do not have Lynette Hooker's body. We do have a statement, however, from Brian's attorney upon his arrest. So here is what he is claiming at this moment. And he said that he had advised his client to refrain from any other public comments to ensure the integrity of the legal process. But we did a podcast on this yesterday, and we heard from Brian on Wednesday. He put out this heartfelt statement on social media talking about... you know, thanking all of the different Bahamian entities and organizations, police search and rescue, helping him find his soulmate.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What led to the arrest of Brian Hooker in connection with his wife's disappearance?
0:00–1:45
2
What details surround Lynette Hooker's alleged fall from the dinghy?
1:45–3:26
3
How did Lynette's daughter contribute to the investigation?
3:26–7:55
4
What was Brian Hooker's account of the events leading to Lynette's disappearance?
7:55–15:24
5
What evidence is there against Brian Hooker in this case?
15:24–17:01
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