Tragic twists of the missing Hannah Kobayashi case – from bizarre texts to dad’s suicide

After Hannah Kobayashi was last seen on November 11, the search for her has taken a terrible turn.

The 30-year-old missed a connecting trip from Los Angeles to New York, prompting the alarm. However, the frantic search has been followed by cryptic messages and the untimely death of her father.

The mystery began on November 8 when Hannah landed in Los Angeles at 11 p.m. from her home on Maui in preparation for her subsequent travel to New York.

Hannah apparently purchased hundreds of dollars’ worth of tickets for events in the city, but she never showed up.

When she was expected to land on the East Coast, she was spotted at a bookstore about an hour away from Los Angeles International Airport.

As further details about the case are disclosed by the police and Hannah’s family, the search for her has taken a number of surprising and worrisome turns.

PARANOID TEXTS

Two days after she missed her connection flight, on November 10, her phone began sending cryptic texts, which greatly alarmed her friends and family.

Hannah claims in these messages that she was afraid someone would try to steal her identity and money.

When Hannah’s mother, Brandi Yee, messaged her to check on her arrival in New York, she got the two-word response, “Not yet.”

Additionally, Hannah texted her friend: “I got tricked pretty much into giving away all my funds for someone I thought I loved.” This was a terrifying message.

Someone else allegedly apologized for behaving nuts and mentioned a “spiritual awakening” in another communication.

Larie Pidgeon, Hannah’s anxious aunt, claims that the “matrix” was mentioned in one of the last communications she received from the missing woman.

Her appearance at a Nike event in Los Angeles that same day added to the mystery.

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 turned off her phone.

After family members were unable to contact Hannah, a missing person’s report was submitted two days later.

Since then, Sydni Kobayashi, Hannah’s distraught sister, has acknowledged that she was beginning to feel uneasy about the texts and suggested that they might have been sent by someone else.

Sydni stated in an interview with NewsNation that she “feels like someone was controlling her” and that she is aware that “this is absolutely not like her.”

As the hunt for the young woman intensified, Hannah’s aunt Larie and other family members, including Hannah’s father Ryan, traveled to Los Angeles.

Hannah didn’t appear well on the security film from November 11 that hasn’t been made public, according to her family.

They worry that she might have been trafficked or kidnapped.

At 10:03 p.m., Hannah was apparently captured on camera with an unidentified individual at the Metro Pico station in downtown Los Angeles.

COMPOUNDED FAMILY TRAGEDY

As the search went on, Hannah’s father Ryan was sadly discovered dead in a Los Angeles parking lot 17 days after Hannah missed her connecting flight.

His death was determined to be a suicide by the LA County Medical Examiner.

His devastated family claims that as he relentlessly looked for his daughter, he suppressed his feelings.

“He has been living his absolute worst nightmare since Hannah’s disappearance, and now, with his passing, our family is grappling with unimaginable grief,” stated a GoFundMe page created following Ryan’s death.

In an attempt to locate Hannah, Ryan reportedly searched through some of the riskiest areas of Los Angeles.

“Imagine looking in places like Skid Row, picturing his daughter being extracted, not getting sleep,” Hannah’s aunt Larie told the New York Post.

“He simply broke.

Since the Great Depression, Skid Row has been known for being sleazy and hazardous, and it has seen a large concentration of homeless individuals.

MYSTERY PAYMENTS

In yet another heartbreaking development, two Venmo payments were made to a man and a woman on November 9th, as exclusively reported by the U.S. Sun.

Her relatives said that they were unable to identify the recipients of the money transfers.

One was made to Veronica Almendarez at 6:25 p.m. for an unspecified sum; the description merely included a bow and arrow emoji.

Less than an hour later, at 7:19 p.m., the second payment was sent to a man named Jonathan Taylor who was described as “Reading.”

The “spiritual” Kobayashi is interested in tarot card readings, according to sources.

According to insiders, people looking for Kobayashi have contacted Taylor via his TikToka account, which he has subsequently made private.

Several efforts for comment from Taylor were not answered.

Although these reports have not been verified, Reddit users also claimed that Taylor went live on social media to say he introduced Kobayashi to an unidentified man and that he is unsure of her current whereabouts.

Larie, Hannah’s aunt, told The U.S. Sun that the family was aware of the payments and claims Hannah made to a fraudster.

“We and the LAPD have been informed,” she stated. They have it in their hands.

“We are also now encouraging people from across the nation to keep an eye in case she has been taken outside of California.”

TWIN FLAMES

The fact that Kobayashi is following Twin Flame accounts associated with the love cult Twin Flames Universe and vanished on November 11, which is frequently seen as a significant sign in the spiritual community, has also been brought up by Reddit online detectives.

According to others, it’s a Twin Flames reunion number that denotes fresh starts and a link to a higher power.

Kobayashi is following four accounts connected to the Twin Flames movement, according to the U.S. Sun.

According to a text message from Kobayashi that her family has made public, she “got tricked pretty much into giving away all my funds for someone I thought I loved.”

Regarding the strange theory, Pidgeon stated, “We have requested that all tips be submitted to the LAPD for follow-up.

“If we chased every rumor that’s out there we would go crazy. Conspiracy theories are rife on the internet.

She added, “It’s our job as her family to keep the search going and focus on the facts.”

However, police reportedly classified her as a “voluntary missing person” and have not released any full statements about the case.

MUSICAL AWAKENING

The U.S. Sun can also reveal Kobayashi wrote of her travel plans after becoming a fan of the EDM music scene recently on a trip toChicago.

In September, she replied to a user on Threads who spoke of wanting to connect with like-minded, friendly people who are “into music and raves and adventure.”

Kobayashi responded, “You sound like my kinda people! I recently went to Chicago for the first time to experience true house music @ the source.

“Every trip moving forward rn for me is based off exploring the epicenters of music & what speaks to me.

“Chicago was so incredible & inspirational, esp all the local talent/ intimate afters.

“I just secured my ticket for movement in Detroit & I will be flying solo exploring NYC soon & diving into all kinds of music experiences. Super ready to dive deeper with sound…”

As of the November 28, Larie revealed that there have been “new sightings” of her missing niece, as police pursue what she calls “really credible leads”.

She toldMaui Newsthat she is hopeful the new sightings could eventually bring Hannah home – as the grieving family continue their desperate search.

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