The daughter of missing Massachusetts woman Lynette Hooker traveled to the Bahamas in search of answers surrounding her mother’s disappearance but returned home with only a small number of personal items, as reported by The New York Post

Lynette Hooker, 55, vanished earlier this month while on a boating trip in waters between Abaco Island and Elbow Cay. Her disappearance has prompted an ongoing investigation as family members and authorities attempt to determine what happened.

Her daughter, Karli Aylesworth, 28, said she traveled to the islands last week with her boyfriend, retracing her mother’s last known movements. During the trip, she recovered several items that belonged to her mother.

“I went and got some of her belongings, like a headband. I got her ‘L’ necklace that she used to always wear. I got a picture frame I made for her, something that my grandma sewed for her,” Aylesworth told ABC News.

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Aylesworth later shared a photo of herself on a return flight to Lowell, Massachusetts, showing her in tears while wearing the necklace with the “L” charm.

According to Aylesworth, retracing the events surrounding her mother’s disappearance raised further questions about the account provided by Lynette Hooker’s husband, Brian Hooker, 58.

“I retraced their steps from that day, and it just makes the story sound more sketchy to me,” Aylesworth wrote in an update on a GoFundMe page created to support the search.

She also said she hopes to return to the Bahamas to continue looking for answers.

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“I would like to head back down again soon if I can to not only remember my last times with her, but to also get to the bottom of what really happened,” she wrote.

During her visit, Aylesworth said she went to several locations tied to her mother’s final hours, including the couple’s sailboat and a bar on the island where Lynette and Brian had been earlier that day.

“It was eerie, almost. I was crying the whole time,” Aylesworth told News 8, describing her visit to the area.

 

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Authorities say Lynette Hooker was last seen the night of April 4. Brian Hooker told investigators that his wife disappeared after falling from an 8-foot dinghy while the couple was traveling in rough waters near Elbow Cay.

Brian Hooker was detained on April 15 in connection with the disappearance but was released days later when investigators did not file charges. He has denied any wrongdoing.

A bartender at the Abaco Inn, identified only as Ken, was among the last individuals to see the couple together before Lynette vanished. He questioned aspects of the timeline provided.

“It’s weird … for him to be going from here to there, then ending up in Marsh Harbour, and nobody sees the lady, it’s weird,” Ken said.

He also noted a gap in timing between the couple leaving the bar and the reported time of arrival at Marsh Harbour.

“What catches my eye is they left here at 7, 7:30, and [her going missing] supposedly happened right after they left here, and he didn’t make it over there until 4 a.m. or something like that, in 25-mph winds,” he said.

The couple’s sailboat, named “Soulmate,” remains anchored in Marsh Harbour as the search continues. Images of the vessel show it flying a flag that reads, “A Pirate’s Life for Me.”

Aylesworth said she spent approximately three hours speaking with local authorities during her trip and was told that investigators are continuing to work on the case.

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The Royal Bahamas Police Force has not publicly responded to requests for additional comment.

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