Lynette Hookers neighbor long feared something ominous could happen: The violence was pretty bad

A neighbor of missing mom Lynette Hooker long feared something bad would happen to her or her husband — saying they’d witnessed years of “pretty bad” domestic violence.Jordan Plentz, 29, spoke out Thursday after Hooker’s husband, Brian Hooker, was arrested as a suspect in his wife’s disappearance in the Bahamas, soon after being accused of being abusive.“I wasn’t shocked when I heard about it,” the neighbor told the Detroit News of the suspicious disappearance.“They fought for a long time,” Plentz said.“The violence was pretty bad.”Plentz, who lived opposite the Hookers’ in Onsted, Michigan, said she didn’t know why the couple argued.The Hookers, who have been married for about 25 years, had previously split up, before reuniting.

There had been at least one call for domestic violence at thir home, with Lynette being the one charged.They had for the last month been exploring the Bahamas — before Brian reported that his wife fell off the dinghy Saturday night en-route to their yacht, “Soulmate.”In recent weeks, the couple, who posted on social media under the moniker The Sailing Hookers, documented their adventures, where they were seen on their yacht, snorkeling and scuba diving.But, Karli Aylesworth, Lynette’s adult daughter, feared something sinister may have happened at sea – alluding to a “history of domestic violence.”The 28-year-old daughter told Fox News that her volatile stepfather had previously threatened to throw her mom overboard.“Their relationship has been a lot of fighting and drinking lately,” Aylesworth told CBS.“So I’m just kind of questioning what actually went on in that dinghy.”Aylesworth said she just wants to know the truth — and said she hoped it was a “freak accident,” but admitted she has a “hard time believing it at the moment” in a separate NBC interview.Brian, who denies any involvement in his wife’s disappearance, “categorically denied” the allegations made by Ayleswo...