SEA OF ABACO — Federal investigators have received approval from Bahamian authorities to deploy a dive team to a new search area in the Sea of Abaco for missing American sailor Lynette Hooker. The renewed underwater search follows newly obtained GPS data from a marine navigation app on her husband Brian Hooker’s phone, which allegedly contradicts his initial account of the night she disappeared.

Lynette Hooker, a 55-year-old American mother and experienced sailor, went missing in early April while on vacation with her husband in The Bahamas. Brian Hooker reported her missing on April 5, stating she had fallen overboard from an 8-foot dinghy the evening before as they returned to their yacht, Soulmate, near the Abaco Islands. He told authorities the dinghy lost power because Lynette had the engine safety key when she fell.

“I believe I’ve been told that people have lasted in the Bahamas after falling overboard for days and even weeks,” Brian Hooker told CBS on April 14. He has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in connection with his wife’s disappearance and said he threw a flotation device after her, according to a voicemail he left for Lynette’s daughter, Karli Aylesworth.

Brian Hooker was arrested and questioned repeatedly by Bahamian police in the week after Lynette vanished but was released without being charged. Royal Bahamas Police Commissioner Shanta Knowles said the investigation was ongoing and Brian Hooker would remain a suspect.

The U.S. Coast Guard opened a criminal investigation within days of the disappearance and later seized the couple’s U.S.-flagged sailboat, Soulmate, moving it from Fort Pierce to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The vessel is expected to be taken to a warehouse for forensic examination of digital devices and computer systems. The FBI is processing evidence from the case at its facility in Quantico, Virginia. Lynette Hooker’s body has not been found.