The Bahamian police said they had arrested an American man in connection with the disappearance of Lynette Hooker, who fell off a dinghy while boating with her husband.

Authorities in the Bahamas detained a 59-year-old American man in connection with last weekend's disappearance of an American woman while out at sea.

Police in Bahamas have arrested the husband of a missing American woman days after he told investigators she fell overboard from their dinghy in rough waters, Reuters reports, citing a police official.

The Coast Guard has opened a criminal investigation as search crews continue looking for American woman Lynette Hooker who vanished during a Bahamas boat trip.

Lynette Hooker fell overboard from a small boat and was swept out to sea by strong currents, her husband told authorities.

The U.S. Coast Guard has opened a criminal investigation into the disappearance of an American woman whose husband said she fell from a boat in the Bahamas, an official with the military branch said W

An American woman disappeared in the Bahamas on Saturday, after her husband said she fell from their dinghy and was swept out to sea.

Police in the Bahamas say they have arrested a man in connection to the disappearance of an American woman after her husband reported she fell overboard during a boat trip Saturday night.