What Brian Hooker says happened the night his wife disappeared in the Bahamas

Brian Hookerin recordings of phone calls, text messages and cards he made, obtained and confirmed by CBS News, recounted what allegedly happened the night his wife, Lynettedisappeared more than a week ago.

Hooker, who previously told police his wife fell from their small boat and was swept away by the sea, was arrested on Wednesday April 8, but then released from custody five days later.

Attorney Terrel Butler, who is representing Brian Hooker in a criminal investigation by the Royal Bahamas Police Force, has consistently said he denies any wrongdoing, is heartbroken by the incident and wants to be released so he can search for his wife.

During a nearly 40-minute phone conversation while search and rescue efforts were still underway on April 7, Hooker told his friends Marnee and Blaine Stevenson descriptively about what led to the incident in which his wife allegedly went missing. Hooker said he had a phone on him during the incident, but it didn’t work because he could only make calls over Wi-Fi.

Hooker told the Stevensons that on Saturday, April 4, Brian and Lynette anchored their sailboat “Soulmate” on Aunt Pat’s Bay at Elbow Cay, from there they hopped on a dinghy to start their day.

“There’s a place called Tahiti Beach, it’s very popular here and it’s a beach that dries up at low tide,” Hooker told the Stevensons in a phone call. “A barge stops on it and serves drinks all day.”

Tahiti Beach is in shallow water and is located at the southern tip of Elbow Cay.

After Tahiti Beach, the couple used their 8-foot hard-bottomed canoe to travel to a restaurant at the Abaco Inn, located near Hope Town, a small island village in the Abaco Islands of the Bahamas.

An official told CBS News that the Abaco Inn was cooperating with authorities and had no further comment.

Maps apparently made by Brian Hooker and shared with friends and boaters, obtained by CBS News, details his version of events.

Maps he apparently created show the incident happened in shallow water, less than 10 feet at high tide.

According to CBS News meteorologist Andrew Kozak, conditions in Hope Town at the time were difficult for boating due to strong, sustained winds blowing between 15 and 25 knots with gusts sometimes exceeding 40 mph and a few downpours. However, the impact in shallow waters would have been significantly less than in the open ocean.

The ship traveled four miles from the point where Hooker says the incident occurred at the Marsh Harbor shipyard, where it was found at 4 a.m. on Sunday, April 5. It was eight hours later that, according to him, his wife fell from the boat.