Bartender who served missing American’s husband in Bahamas says one detail about timeline doesn't add up

A bartender who served the missing American pistillate successful the Bahamas 1 time earlier she vanished revealed 1 item that got his attention.

A bartender astatine the Abaco Inn, identified arsenic Ken, 38, told the New York Post that Brian and Lynette Hooker were astatine the hotel's excavation during the aboriginal evening hours of April 3 drinking rum and Cokes. One time later, the mates took a tiny dinghy from Hope Town to a antithetic determination connected Elbow Cay wherever their vessel was, according to section police.

Brian Hooker told Bahamian officials that his woman fell disconnected the dinghy aft leaving enactment astatine astir 7:30 p.m. connected April 4, adding that Lynette fell disconnected with the ignition key. Local authorities said that Brian Hooker arrived astatine a marina astatine Marsh Harbour astatine astir 4 a.m. connected April 5 aft paddling to shore, astir 8 hours aft Lynette Hooker went overboard.

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Lynette Hooker and Brian Hooker seen successful a representation taken successful 2023 connected a tiny boat. (John Waters)

While Ken was serving the Hookers, helium said Brian thanked him for getting their drinks quickly.

"He was like, ‘Oh man, convey you for getting maine served kinda quick’ … due to the fact that we were crowded," Ken said.

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Brian Hooker leaves Central Police Station aft being released from custody, Freeport, The Bahamas, Monday, April 13, 2026. Hooker, who is accompanied by his lawyer, Terrel A. Butler, was being questioned implicit the disappearance of his wife, Lynette Hooker, who helium says fell overboard from their dinghy earlier this month. (Matthew Symons for Fox News Digital)

Ken noted that helium didn't spot thing antithetic with the couple, though helium ne'er really saw Lynette Hooker portion they were astatine the excavation for astir 2 and a fractional hours.

"When I heard astir it the adjacent day, I was shocked, definitely. But past again, I didn’t spot the lady, I didn’t get to speech to her oregon thing similar that," helium said.

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A representation of cardinal locations arsenic Bahamian constabulary analyse Brian Hooker and his woman Lynette's disappearance. Created connected April 12, 2026.  (Fox News)

Ken, who's from the Bahamas and knows the country well, said, however, 1 item doesn't adhd up.

"It’s weird … for him to beryllium going from present to there, past ending up successful Marsh Harbour and cipher sees the lady, it’s weird," Ken said. "What catches my oculus is they near present astatine 7, 7:30 and [her going missing] supposedly happened close aft they near here, and helium didn’t marque it implicit determination until 4 a.m. oregon thing similar that, successful 25-mph winds."

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General presumption of the vessel "Soulmate," owned by Brian and Lynette Hooker, successful Marsh Harbour, The Bahamas, April 16, 2025. (Matthew Symons for NY Post)

"It’s lone 4 miles that way. It shouldn’t person taken 8 to 10 hours to get there. Even if helium was lone floating, it should person been a overmuch quicker time," helium said.

While Brian Hooker himself flew retired of the Bahamas connected Wednesday to beryllium with his mother, who's reportedly precise ill, according to his attorney, Lynette Hooker's daughter, Karli Aylesworth, flew to the land connected Thursday to assistance with the search.

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Brian Hooker leaves the Central Police Station successful Freeport a escaped antheral aft the constabulary fto him spell successful the disappearance of his woman connected April 13, 2026. (Matthew Symons for Fox News Digital)

Aylesworth told NBC News she questions Brian Hooker's mentation of however her parent went missing, adding that she spent 3 hours talking with police.

"I consciousness similar this was astir apt preplanned, if anything, like, it doesn’t look similar conscionable immoderate accident," Aylesworth said.

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Brian Hooker hasn't been charged with a transgression and was released from jailhouse by Bahamian officials, who declined to complaint him astatine the time, but near the probe into Lynette open.

"When I archetypal got here, I sat up determination and looked astatine the vessel and started talking to her similar she was here. I was like, ‘Hey Mom, I’m here. Wherever you are. I conscionable privation to speech to you and spot you again,'" Aylesworth said. "It’s making it a small spot much real."