Overview
- The search, which officials said Tuesday had shifted to a recovery effort, now focuses on locating 55-year-old Lynette Hooker.
- Police say she fell from an 8-foot dinghy during rough weather while wearing the engine safety lanyard, and the boat lost power as currents carried her away.
- Her husband reported paddling after the engine cut out and reaching the Marsh Harbour Boat Yard around 4 a.m. Sunday.
- Local responders said the dinghy drifted about four miles toward Marsh Harbour during 18 to 22 knot winds.
- Bahamian agencies are working with the U.S. Coast Guard as the family seeks a thorough investigation, with Hooker’s daughter citing prior issues and saying a flotation device thrown to her mother was later recovered.