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marmar

(80,074 posts) Thu Apr 9, 2026, 09:23 AM Apr 9

Husband of missing Michigan woman in the Bahamas arrested

Apr 9, 2026

Bahamas officials confirmed that Brian Hooker was taken into custody Wednesday and is now "being questioned in connection" with Lynnette Hooker's disappearance.

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Husband of missing Michigan woman in the Bahamas arrested (Original Post) marmar Apr 9 OP

it would have been easier to go to Iowa Tetrachloride Apr 9 #1

Such an odd case Johnny2X2X Apr 9 #2

Tetrachloride

(9,706 posts)

1. it would have been easier to go to Iowa

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 10:08 AM

Apr 9

instead, now the Daily Mail is on the job

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Johnny2X2X

(24,438 posts)

2. Such an odd case

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 10:50 AM

Apr 9

I am assuming he was arrested over inconsistencies in his story. But the fact is that if you kill a partner in this way, it's going to be extremely hard to prove. Absent the victim finding a way to leave a message as she was about to drown, it's an entirely plausible story.

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