SEA OF ABACO — The U.S. Coast Guard will reopen the search for Lynette Hooker, a Michigan woman who has been missing since April after she fell overboard in the Bahamas. The decision follows new GPS data from a marine navigation app on Brian Hooker’s phone that contradicts his account of the night she disappeared.

According to investigators, GPS data shows the device was on the water, stopped in the Sea of Abaco, and later returned to shore. This information suggests the search for Lynette Hooker was initially conducted in the wrong area of the Sea of Abaco, a U.S. official familiar with the investigation said. The renewed search, if approved by Bahamian authorities, will focus on a section of the Sea of Abaco where waters reach depths of 25 feet.

The U.S. Coast Guard has requested permission from Bahamian officials to deploy divers to re-search the area. Investigators are also working to extract data from devices aboard the couple’s boat, Soulmate, including an infrared camera, that may hold additional clues. The vessel has been moved from Fort Pierce to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after authorities determined they lacked the capability to pull it from the water in Fort Pierce.

Brian Hooker told Bahamian authorities that his wife fell from their 8-foot dinghy on the evening of April 4 while they were traveling from Hope Town to Elbow Cay, and that he paddled to shore, arriving at Marsh Harbour Boat Yard around 4 a.m. on April 5. Someone at the boat yard then alerted police. Brian Hooker was arrested on April 8 and detained for five days but was released without being charged. Royal Bahamas Police Commissioner Shanta Knowles said at the time that he would remain a suspect.

“I’ve never harmed Lynette, and I would never harm Lynette, and I want to find Lynette,” Brian Hooker told a news outlet last month. He has denied harming his wife and returned to the U.S., where his Bahamian attorney said he went to care for his “very ill” mother. American authorities have not charged him with a crime.

Lynette Hooker’s daughter, Karli Aylesworth, provided DNA to the Coast Guard to aid the investigation. In 2015, both Lynette Hooker and Brian Hooker accused each other of assault in a Michigan incident that resulted in no charges due to insufficient evidence. The FBI is processing evidence from the case at its facility in Quantico, Virginia.