Infrared camera on sailboat may hold clues in Lynette Hooker investigation

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CBS News has learned the sailboat utilized by Brian and Lynette Hooker successful their travels astir the Bahamas, earlier her disappearance, had an infrared camera susceptible of detecting vigor radiation.

The camera aboard their boat, made by exertion institution FLIR, tin besides run with a unreality representation system, which could clasp cardinal grounds successful the hunt for Lynette Hooker. Her hubby reported to section authorities connected April 5 that she fell overboard during a nighttime dinghy ride.

The camera was aboard their sailboat, the "Soulmate," erstwhile it was seized by the U.S. Coast Guard earlier this month, according to sources acquainted with the investigation.

While it is not known if Brian Hooker utilized the camera, it is presently being processed arsenic portion of the ongoing probe, according to sources.

This benignant of camera is often utilized by boaters arsenic a information strategy to beryllium capable to navigate, peculiarly astatine night. The infrared strategy tin beryllium utile to observe if idiosyncratic falls overboard oregon to debar collisions astatine oversea successful full darkness.

Fox News arsenic the archetypal to study the beingness of the camera.

Daniel Danforth, a person of the couple, told CBS News that Brian Hooker showed disconnected the instrumentality portion they were each docked successful New Orleans backmost successful March 2023.

The Coast Guard Investigative Services is conducting a probe into Lynette Hooker's disappearance.

Brian Hooker has denied immoderate wrongdoing and has not been charged with immoderate crime. He was held for questioning successful the Bahamas but ultimately released and returned to the U.S.

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