Daughter of American woman missing in Bahamas says mother was unlikely to 'just fall' overboard

The daughter of an American woman who was reportedly swept out to sea during a boat ride with her husband in the Bahamas over the weekend said in an interview with NBC News that her mother was unlikely to “just fall” overboard.

The daughter of an American woman who was reportedly swept out to sea during a boat ride with her husband in the Bahamas over the weekend said in an interview with NBC News that her mother was unlikely to “just fall” overboard.

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Karli Aylesworth described her mother, Lynette Hooker, 55, as an experienced mariner and a fit person who was unlikely to “just fall” off the boat.

But that’s what her husband, Brian Hooker, 58, said happened during a dinghy ride Saturday night from Hope Town to Elbow Cay, according to local authorities. Aylesworth said her stepfather provided the same account to her during a brief Sunday phone call in which, she said, he sounded “monotone and relaxed."