Updated on: May 5, 2026 / 7:26 PM EDT / CBS News

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Washington — Federal investigators are now seeking the public's help in identifying the owners of a sailboat that may have been moored next to Lynette Hooker's vessel the night she disappeared in the Bahamas, marking a new development in the search for the missing Michigan woman.

The U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service, the criminal investigative arm of the service branch, is searching for additional information about Hooker's disappearance near Aunt Pat's Bay, near Elbow Cay and Hope Town, on the night of April 4, 2026.

File: Combo photo of Lynette Hooker and sailboat that may have been moored next to Hooker's vessel the night she disappeared in the Bahamas. Hooker via Facebook; vessel photo provided by U.S. Coast Guard

According to sources close to the investigation, CGIS has launched a search to locate the owner of a sailboat that was moored near the sailing vessel Soulmate in Aunt Pat's Bay that day in early April.…