A Hawaii woman who went missing three weeks ago after landing in Los Angeles went missing voluntarily “in an attempt to get away from the modern connection” and was last seen crossing into Mexico with her luggage, police said at a news conference, and have been asked to contact her. troubled family
Hannah Kobayashi, 30, appeared unharmed when she walked alone into a tunnel running through San Ysidro, about 201 miles (201 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles, at noon on Nov. 12, the day after her family reported her missing, LA police said Monday. . . The authorities did the discovery After U.S. Customs and Border Protection reviewed surveillance video late Sunday.
Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell said there was no evidence Kobayashi was being trafficked or otherwise the victim of a crime. His disappearance is classified as a “voluntary missing person”.
“Basically, we’ve done everything we can do at this point. He has now left the country and is in another nation,” he said, and if he returns to the US, law enforcement will be notified.
McDonnell said he has a right to his privacy, but has asked him to contact his family or law enforcement.
“A simple message can reassure those who care about him,” McDonnell said. He explained that the missing person case will remain active until law enforcement confirms his safety.
Kobayashi disappeared after the budding photographer from Maui missed a connecting flight to New York on Nov. 8 to travel to a new job and visit relatives. He told his family that he would be sleeping at Los Angeles International Airport that night.
Family members assumed he was on hold for another flight, according to his aunt Larie Pidgeon. The next day, Kobayashi texted them to say he was visiting Los Angeles, planning to visit The Grove mall and downtown LA, Pidgeon said.
On November 11, the family said they had “intercepted” text messages from his phone that were “strange and cryptic, just disturbing.” the subway training and afraid that someone will steal her identity, said her aunt.
Her father, Ryan Kobayashi, who was on the search team with the volunteers, he was found dead On Sunday, Nov. 24, he killed himself in a parking lot near LA International Airport, police and his family said.
McDonnell told a police commission meeting last Tuesday that detectives had determined Hannah Kobayashi had deliberately missed her connecting flight. Kobayashi’s sister, Sydni Kobayashi, disputed his statement in a social media post.
Police said Monday that after Hannah Kobayashi was spotted at various locations around LA, she asked to have her luggage, checked in to New York, returned to LAX. He returned to the airport on Nov. 11 to retrieve it and left without his phone, according to police.
The researchers found that he “expressed a desire to move away from modern connectivity.”
A man seen on the Kobayashi Metro was also identified and questioned by the police. He was “cooperative” and said he met her at LAX, police said.
Sydni Kobayashi did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment. The audience was in the “Help us find Hannah” session Facebook The group, which has drawn interest from more than 25,000 participants, shared a group post on Monday saying the family would be closing the group “after threats against their lives and the lives of their young children.”
The message also stated that Sydni Kobayashi and her mother would not respond to any messages.
At the news conference, McDonnell reflected on everything the family has been through in recent weeks.
“My request would be to anyone who is thinking of doing this, think about the people you’re leaving behind, your loved ones who will be worried about you,” he said.
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Story updated to correct San Ysidro’s location in southeast Los Angeles, not southwest.
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