Brian Hooker rummages through trash on California streets months after wife’s disappearance
New video shows Brian Hooker keeping a low profile in the Sacramento area months after his wife, Lynette, vanished in the Bahamas. Footage shows Hooker in a T-shirt hanging around the garage, taking walks and sifting through trash.
EXCLUSIVE: Months after his wife Lynette Hooker went missing, Brian Hooker has been living a calm and seemingly unbothered life in northern California.
Hooker, 58, was spotted by Fox News Digital outside a home in Citrus Heights, which is about 15 miles northeast of Sacramento.
Lynette, originally from Michigan, disappeared while the couple was on a sailboat vacation in the Bahamas in April.
Brian Hooker takes a walk in California on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. His wife, Lynette Hooker, went missing in The Bahamas in April. (Kevin Perkins for Fox News Digital)
Brian Hooker makes his way home with collected trash in California on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. His wife, Lynette Hooker, disappeared in The Bahamas in April. (Kevin Perkins for Fox News Digital)
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Her daughter and the rest of her family have been waiting for any answers in her disappearance.
Brian Hooker takes two dogs for a walk in California on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. His wife, Lynette Hooker, went missing in The Bahamas in April. (Kevin Perkins for Fox News Digital)
Brian Hooker rummages through neighborhood trash in California on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. His wife, Lynette Hooker, went missing in The Bahamas in April. (Kevin Perkins for Fox News Digital)
Brian has not been accused of any crime or wrongdoing. He was initially detained and questioned then released from Bahamian custody in April.
Brian Hooker rummages through neighborhood trash in California on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. His wife, Lynette Hooker, went missing in The Bahamas in April. (Kevin Perkins for Fox News Digital)
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Brian and Lynette Hooker sit on a dinghy in the water in this undated image. (Brian Hooker/Facebook)
The U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service is the lead agency investigating Lynette's disappearance. Hooker told investigators Lynette fell from a dinghy while the couple was making their way back to their sailboat, Soulmate, that fateful evening.
Four months later, he was seen last weekend walking dogs, taking walks, enjoying a cup of coffee in a garage, and even stopping to sift through neighborhood trash items on the side of the street.
Lynette Hooker and Brian Hooker seen in a picture taken in 2023 on a small boat. (John Waters)
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He may be staying with a family member.
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Hooker was snapped wearing a brown hat and khaki shorts while walking two small dogs.
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Cameras also captured him sifting through people's trash on the side of a neighborhood street picking up items and walking away with them.
Left: Brian Hooker leaves Central Police Station after being released from custody, Freeport, The Bahamas, Monday, April 13, 2026. Right: Hooker's sailboat "Soulmate." (Matthew Symons for Fox News Digital and Matthew Symons for New York Post)
Hooker also appeared to be enjoying a cup of coffee inside his garage wearing a graphic tee that reads "Hellfire Club" from the show "Stranger Things."
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He was also seen walking out of a store with his Marine Corps tattoo on full display.
Lynette Hooker vanished after reportedly falling overboard during a boat trip near Elbow Cay in the Bahamas. (Brian Hooker/Facebook)
When Fox News Digital asked about the recent sighting of Hooker, Darlene Hamlett, Lynette's mother, simply said, "I just want the truth to be told and justice for my daughter Lynette."
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Fox News Digital has reached out to Hooker's attorney, Matthew Borgula.
