Husband arrested after American woman's disappearance in Bahamas

A man who said his wife fell from a boat in the Bahamas has been arrested, his attorney said Thursday, five days after she was reported missing in the Caribbean nation.

A man who said his wife fell from a boat in the Bahamas has been arrested, his attorney said Thursday, five days after she was reported missing in the Caribbean nation.

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The Royal Bahamas Police Force previously said a man was arrested in connection with the disappearance of Lynette Hooker, 55. Early Thursday, the man arrested was named as Brian Hooker, 59, in a statement from his Bahamas-based attorney, Terrel A. Butler.

The statement said Hooker denies any wrongdoing and rejected claims made by Lynette Hooker’s daughter, Karli Aylesworth, that it seemed unlikely that her mother would "just fall" overboard.