What Brian Hooker says happened the night his wife vanished in Bahamas

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Brian Hooker, successful recordings of telephone calls, substance messages, and maps that helium made, obtained and confirmed by CBS News, recounted what allegedly happened the nighttime his wife, Lynette, disappeared much than a week ago.

Hooker, who has antecedently told constabulary his woman fell disconnected their tiny vessel and was swept retired to sea, was arrested connected Wednesday night.

Attorney Terrel Butler, who represents Hooker successful a transgression probe by the Bahamian Royal Police Force, has consistently said his lawsuit denies immoderate wrongdoing, is heartbroken by the incidental and wants to beryllium released from custody truthful helium could hunt for his wife.

During a astir 40-minute phone conversation portion hunt and rescue efforts were inactive ongoing connected April 7, Hooker told friends Marnee and Blaine Stevenson successful descriptive item what led to the incidental wherever his woman allegedly went missing. Hooker said helium had a telephone connected him during the incidental but it did not enactment due to the fact that it was lone capable to marque calls with Wi-Fi.

Hooker told the Stevensons that connected Saturday April 4, Brian and Lynette anchored their sailboat "Soulmate" connected Aunt Pat's Bay successful Elbow Cay from determination they hopped connected a dinghy to commencement their day.

"There's a spot called Tahiti Beach it's truly fashionable present and it's a formation that dries retired astatine debased tide," Hooker said to the Stevensons successful a telephone call. "A barge pulls up connected it and serves drinks each day."

Tahiti Beach is successful shallow h2o and located connected the confederate extremity of Elbow Cay.

Following Tahiti Beach, the mates utilized their 8-foot hard bottommost dinghy to spell to a edifice astatine the Abaco Inn, located adjacent Hope Town, a tiny land colony located successful Bahamas' Abaco Islands.

A manager determination told CBS News the Abaco Inn is cooperating with authorities and had nary further comment.

Maps seemingly made by Brian Hooker and shared with friends and boaters, obtained by CBS News, item his mentation of events.

The maps helium seemingly created amusement that the incidental happened successful shallow water, nether 10 feet astatine precocious tide.

Conditions successful Hope Town astatine the time, according to CBS News meteorologist Andrew Kozak, were challenging for boating owed to precocious sustained winds astatine astir 15 – 25 knots with gusts sometimes exceeding 40 mph and a fewer showers. However, the interaction successful shallow waters would've been importantly little than connected the unfastened sea.

The vas traveled 4 miles from the constituent wherever Hooker says the incidental happened to the Marsh Harbour Boat Yards, wherever helium was recovered astatine 4 a.m. the greeting of Sunday, April 5. That is 8 hours aft helium says his woman fell disconnected the dinghy.