Cops issue major update on missing Hannah Kobayashi as they reveal why she missed her flight before vanishing
The reason why Hannah Kobayashi missed her flight before going missing has been revealed by police in a significant update on the missing woman.
Following a slew of startling and disturbing developments in Hannah’s case, a massive hunt for the woman, who was last seen on November 11, began in Los Angeles.
The 30-year-old left her home in Hawaii on November 8 but was unable to board her connecting flight to New York, where she would embark on a once-in-a-lifetime journey.
The following day, she was spotted in a bookstore one hour from LAX, but she is still unaccounted for.
At a meeting of the LAPD Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, police presented the findings of their investigation into Hannah’s failure to board her second trip.
LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell stated: “On Friday, Nov. 8 23-year-old Hannah Kobayashi missed her connecting flight from LAX to New York which the investigation determined was intentional.”
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“Over the next few days, she maintained contact with her family and remained active on Instagram.”
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the Kobayashi family during this unfathomable period of loss,” he continued.
“We remain fully committed to locating Hannah and supporting the family as they navigate their way through this tragedy.”
A string of mysterious texts received from Hannah’s phone on November 10 was one of the strange twists in the search for her.
She had been duped into providing money to a loved one, according to one of the texts.
It said: “I got tricked pretty much into giving away all my funds for someone I thought I loved.”
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Her sister, Sydni Kobayashi, expressed great anxiety over these texts, claiming that they might have been sent by someone else.
“[It] feels like someone was controlling her,” she claimed in an interview with NewsNation CUOMO.
“Intuitively knowing her and being so close to her my entire life, I just know this is absolutely not like her.”
Hannah was spotted at a Nike event in Los Angeles that same day, which added to the mystery.
The disappearance of Hannah Kobayashi
Since she missed her connecting trip to New York, Hannah Kobayashi has been missing.
On Friday, November 8, Kobayashi departs from her Maui home and lands in Los Angeles in preparation for her subsequent journey to New York City. At 11 p.m., she has forty-two minutes to make the flight.
On Saturday, November 9, Kobayashi is scheduled to touch down at New York City’s JFK airport at 7 a.m., but he never shows up.
She is spotted at The Grove, a bookstore an hour from LAX.
Sunday, November 10: Along with a number of other cryptic texts, Kobayashi sends a message expressing her fear and anxiety about someone attempting to take her identity and money.
Later, she can be seen attending a Nike event in The Grove in Los Angeles.
On Monday, November 11, Kobayashi returns to LAX due to her phone. She shares a photo from the occasion on Instagram. Then she switches off her phone.
On Wednesday, November 13, a family reports a missing person.
They have been told that she was last spotted with an unnamed male at Downtown Los Angeles’ Pico Station.
Ryan, Hannah’s father, committed himself and was discovered dead in a parking lot in Los Angeles on Sunday, November 24.
By November 11, Hannah was back at LAX thanks to her phone, and she shared a photo of the Nike event on Instagram.
Then she switched off her phone.
On November 11, Hannah was once more seen with an unidentified male at the Metro Pico station in downtown Los Angeles.
She didn’t appear good, according to her relatives, who saw the security tape and are afraid she might have been kidnapped or trafficked.
Ryan, the father of the missing woman, was discovered dead in a parking lot on November 24, dealing the family a second devastating blow after they came to Los Angeles to look for Hannah.
His death was determined to be a suicide by the LA County Medical Examiner.
It was reported that Ryan looked for his girl in some of the riskiest areas in Los Angeles, such as the notorious Ski Row.
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“Imagine looking in places like Skid Row, picturing his daughter being sex trafficked, not getting sleep, etc.” Hannah’s aunt Larie told the New York Post.
“He simply broke.
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