Latest / Fresh Intelligence / 'I Was Shocked': Bahamas Bartender Reveals Brian Hooker's Final Moments Before Wife Lynette 'Fell Overboard' - As She Still Remains Missing
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- 0:18[SPEAKER_00]: One of the last people to speak to Brian Hooker before his wife, Linette, went missing in the Bahamas recalls unsettling details from their interactions, radaronline.com reports.
- 0:28[SPEAKER_00]: Ken, a bartender at the Abacco Inn in Elbow Key, expressed shock upon hearing about Linette's disappearance after serving drinks to the couple.
- 0:35[SPEAKER_00]: Ken remembered Brian as pretty tall, noting to the New York Post that he seemed like an old war vet or something like that.
- 0:42[SPEAKER_00]: Couple enjoyed rum and coaxed by the poolside on the evening of April 4, without any unusual behavior noted by Ken.
- 0:49[SPEAKER_00]: Ryan paid cash for the drinks and returned later, thanking the bartender for the quick service, given the busy crowd.
- 0:55[SPEAKER_00]: Despite interacting with Brian, Ken never saw Linette, and observed nothing out of the ordinary leading up to her disappearance.
- 1:01[SPEAKER_00]: Ryan claims Linette fell overboard while they were traveling in their eight-foot dinghy to their sailboat, soulmate, and was swept away by rough seas.
- 1:08[SPEAKER_00]: He stated he couldn't alert authorities immediately.
- 1:11[SPEAKER_00]: As Linette had the boat keys, and he had to paddle for seven hours to reach Marsharber boat yard.
- 1:16[SPEAKER_00]: Can express skepticism about Brian's timeline, noting discrepancies between when Brian lasts all in it, and where he ended up.
- 1:23[SPEAKER_00]: It's weird, for him to be going from here to there, then ending up in Marsharber and nobody sees the lady, Ken Remarkt.
- 1:29[SPEAKER_00]: He highlighted that the couple departed around 7-0-0-PM, while Brian arrived at Marsh Harbor at approximately 4-0-0-A-M under challenging weather conditions.
- 1:39[SPEAKER_00]: It shouldn't have taken 8-10 hours to get there, he added.
- 1:43[SPEAKER_00]: Brian Hooker was arrested and later released, remaining a person of interest in the investigation into Linette's disappearance.
- 1:49[SPEAKER_00]: He asserted he would never harm Linette and expressed a deep commitment to finding her stating, I won't be able to stop looking.
- 1:56[SPEAKER_01]: However, he returned to Michigan on April 16 with his attorney citing the need to care for his ailing mother.