Sailboat tracking data went dark for 11 hours the night missing American vanished in the Bahamas

Brian Hooker's sailboat, Soulmate, stopped transmitting AIS data for 11 hours the night his wife, Lynette Hooker, vanished in the Bahamas. Hooker claims she fell overboard during rough waters, but experts note the AIS blackout is 'highly unusual,' suggesting it may have been manually disabled. The Coast Guard later seized the sailboat, and Hooker was detained but not charged.