() – More than a week has passed since Hannah Kobayashi missed a flight connection in Los Angeles. After a series of suspicious messages from her phone, the 30-year-old woman from Hawaii had gone silent, and her family is desperate to find her.
Kobayashi was traveling from Maui, Hawaii, to New York with a stopover at Los Angeles International Airport, her sister, Sydni, told by phone Monday. She had the same itinerary as an ex-boyfriend; Both decided to keep their flights since they couldn’t get a refund, but planned to go their separate ways once they landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Hannah was going to spend time in upstate New York with her aunt, Sydni said. But November 11 was the last time anyone heard from her.
Sydni said the text messages sent by Hannah before her disappearance didn’t sound like her. Hannah used words like “hun,” “love,” and “babe.”
“Personally, I don’t think those messages were from my sister,” Sydni said. “She doesn’t use the word ‘hun.’ ‘Love’ and ‘babe’ maybe, but never ‘hun’. Even his close friends said the same thing.”
Sydni added: “It’s worrying because we are very close, and she was always someone very focused, with a calm and collected personality. Yes, she is a free and independent person, she likes to travel, she is a writer and photographer, but she never did something like this on purpose.”
On Friday, November 8, Hannah took a flight from Maui to Los Angeles. obtained a photo that appears to show her getting off the plane at the Los Angeles airport. However, Hannah did not board her scheduled flight to New York that night, according to her sister. Her ex-boyfriend, on the other hand, did take that connection.
The next day, Hannah was seen at a Taschen bookstore in a shopping center called The Grove in Los Angeles, Sydni said. His family doesn’t know why he was there. He also sent a payment via Venmo to two people whose names the family does not recognize, according to Sydni.
On Sunday, November 10, a video was posted on YouTube showing Hannah at the LeBron XXII Trial Experience event at the Nike store in the same mall. A photo from the event was also posted on his Instagram account.
On November 11, the last day anyone heard from Hannah, her mother sent her a message asking if she had arrived in New York. Hannah responded no, according to Sydni. She also sent messages to a friend saying she didn’t feel safe and that someone was trying to steal her identity and funds, according to screenshots sent to .
One of Hannah’s messages said:
“Deep Hackers deleted my identity, stole all my funds and had me in a mental fog since this Friday.”
Another message read: “I was practically tricked into handing over all my funds,” followed by “To someone I thought I loved.”
This Friday, the Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) missing persons unit issued a statement on a poster about Hannah’s disappearance, indicating that she was last seen at the airport. The poster mentions that he has freckles on his face and a tattoo on his forearm.
has contacted the LAPD for more information. The FBI is cooperating with the investigation, its local office confirmed by email Monday.
This Sunday, the family posted on Facebook that they obtained surveillance images showing Hannah near the Metro train station in downtown Los Angeles, near the Crypto.com Arena, although it is unclear when those images were taken.
In the video, Hannah is not alone and “does not appear to be in good condition,” the family wrote, adding that they cannot share any further details.
“She was always kind, courteous and loving, with a warm nature. She’s always been level-headed,” said Sydni, who added that six people, including her father and a family friend, are in Los Angeles helping with the search.
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