Brian and Lynette Hooker featured in a photograph shared on their social media account. the_sailing_hookers/Instagram
Dog teams trained to locate human remains are being deployed to aid in the quest to find Lynette Hooker, an American citizen who has gone missing in the Bahamas, according to law enforcement officials.
The canine unit from the U.S. Coast Guard is scheduled to arrive in Hope Town on Wednesday morning, Advardo Dames, the assistant commissioner for the Royal Bahamas Police force, confirmed to ABC News.
Lynette Hooker has been unaccounted for ever since she fell into the water from a small boat on the evening of April 4.
The 55-year-old woman from Michigan and her spouse, Brian Hooker, had set off from Hope Town in the Abaco Islands headed for their yacht, Soulmate, located in Elbow Cay when inclement weather prompted her to tumble out of the dinghy, her husband reported to the authorities.
Brian Hooker, aged 58, was taken into custody on April 8 and questioned by investigators. He was let go on Monday without any charges being filed.
Brian and Lynette Hooker in a photo posted to their social media.the_sailing_hookers/Instagram
Brian Hooker communicated to ABC News on Tuesday that he is remaining in the Bahamas with the "sole objective" of locating his wife, "regardless of how probable or improbable that may be."
He stated his intentions were "to return to the boat, and then enlist or persuade people to give me a hand in locating areas to examine."
Brian Hooker's legal representative did not permit him to address inquiries pertaining to the events of the evening his wife was lost overboard because of the ongoing probe.
Upon being questioned if there was something he wished he had handled differently, Brian Hooker became emotional, expressing, "I will constantly ponder if there was something I could have altered. My only responsibility, my singular duty, was to safeguard her, and that did not occur. And I am going to persist in safeguarding her now, to the best of my capabilities."
Brian Andrews of ABC News lent support to this article.
Sourse: abcnews.go.com