A Michigan woman who vanished in the waters off the Bahamas had already told a friend her marriage was over—and that she didn’t feel safe being at sea with her husband.

Lynette Hooker, 55, disappeared on April 4 during a nighttime dinghy trip near Elbow Cay. Her husband, Brian Hooker, 59, told investigators she fell overboard and was swept away by strong currents. Her body has not been found.

Now, resurfaced text messages are raising new questions about what led up to her disappearance.

In messages sent in early 2024, Lynette told a friend the couple’s relationship had collapsed shortly after they began living full-time on a boat.

“It was real bad. I can’t be out there with him,” she wrote.

In another message, she made it clear she had no plans to return.

“I guess it was too much closeness. We decided to call it quits. I’m not going back.”

The texts were sent to friend Marnee Stevenson between January and February 2024, less than two years before Lynette vanished.

According to those messages, Lynette had dramatically changed her life to join her husband at sea. She told her friend she had quit her job, sold her house, and given away her belongings to start a sailing lifestyle.

But the arrangement quickly fell apart.

“We were married 21 years. Our marriage lasted 6 weeks cruising,” she wrote.

At one point, Lynette left the boat and stayed with her mother in Florida.

Despite the split, the couple appeared to reconcile weeks later. By late February 2024, Lynette was responding to messages about the relationship improving with heart emojis and a thumbs up.

Brian Hooker has not been charged, but he was taken into custody in the Bahamas days after Lynette’s disappearance and is being held as a suspect while authorities investigate.

According to police, he reported that Lynette fell overboard during a small boat trip from Hope Town to Elbow Cay. He claimed she had the boat’s keys with her when she fell, causing the engine to shut off as she was pulled away by the current.

The U.S. Coast Guard has also opened a criminal investigation into the case.

Hooker’s attorney, Terrel Butler, said he denies any wrongdoing and has been cooperating with investigators.

“There has been no body located so there’s no evidence that she has been murdered,” Butler said. “We are not sure if she’s dead.”

Butler also said her client is in an “extremely fragile state” and frustrated that he cannot continue searching for his wife.

The couple ran a YouTube channel called “The Sailing Hookers,” where they documented their life on the water. In one recent video, they joked about not getting along.

Lynette’s family, however, has raised serious doubts about the explanation that she simply fell overboard.

Her daughter, Karli Aylesworth, told NBC News her mother was physically fit and unlikely to lose her balance.

“I do believe something might have happened to her,” she said.

Aylesworth also claimed there was a history of violence in the relationship.

“There’s history of them choking her out and threatening to throw her overboard,” she said.

Just hours before he was taken into custody, Brian Hooker posted a message on Facebook describing the incident as a tragic accident.

“I am heartbroken,” he wrote. “Despite desperate attempts to reach her, the winds and currents drove us further apart.”

Authorities in the Bahamas are expected to decide whether to file charges as the investigation continues.

For now, Lynette Hooker remains missing, and the texts she left behind are becoming a central piece of a case that is still unfolding.