Daughter of missing American in the Bahamas seeks answers as search continues

The girl of a Michigan pistillate who went missing successful the Bahamas during a nighttime vessel thrust with her hubby is desperately seeking answers arsenic the hunt for her parent has entered time three. 

Lynette Hooker's daughter, Karli Aylesworth, describes her parent arsenic an experienced swimmer who has been sailing for much than 10 years. Aylesworth tells CBS News she wants authorities to thoroughly analyse the incident, saying she doesn't judge the series of events described by Hooker's husband, Brian Hooker.

Royal Bahamian constabulary said Brian Hooker told investigators that his woman fell implicit from an 8-foot hard-bottom dinghy — on with the keys to the vessel — and she was carried distant by beardown rip currents. Brian Hooker reported that the mates near Hope Town for Elbow Cay connected the Bahamian land of Abaco astatine astir 7:30 p.m. section clip Saturday, according to the Royal Bahamas Police Force.  

With the boat's motor turned disconnected without the keys, Brian Hooker paddled the dinghy to shore, arriving hours aboriginal astatine the Marsh Harbor Boat Yard astatine 4 a.m. Sunday morning, authorities said.

"For one, I don't recognize however she got the key," Aylesworth said. "Brian's ever driving. So helium fundamentally is successful complaint of the key. So the information that my ma had it doesn't marque immoderate sense."

Brian Hooker aboriginal near Aylesworth a voicemail message, which she played for CBS News, wherever helium spoke astir a floating instrumentality helium said helium threw to Lynette.

"Hello, honey, it's Dad. I conscionable got a telephone from Hope Town Search and Rescue, and they recovered the flotation instrumentality that I threw to Mom erstwhile she fell overboard," helium tin beryllium heard saying successful the voicemail.

When approached by CBS News connected Tuesday, Brian Hooker declined to reply questions astir the investigation.

Aylesworth said Brian and Lynette had divided up successful caller years but got backmost together.

Bahamian authorities told CBS News that Brian Hooker has not been accused of immoderate wrongdoing, and that this remains a hunt and rescue mission.

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