Hannah Kobayashi, a 30-year-old woman from Hawaii, returns to the US after a month-long disappearance. Her family had reported her missing after she missed a connecting flight to New York City and stopped communicating. Tragically, during the search, her father died by suicide near Los Angeles International Airport.
Hannah Kobayashi, a 30-year-old woman from Hawaii, returned to the US from Mexico on Sunday, unaware of the widespread attention her disappearance had garnered last month. Kobayashi, who was reported missing by her family after she missed a connecting flight to New York City, said in a statement that she is still processing everything that happened while she was away. Kobayashi arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on November 8 but missed her flight to New York City.
Her family became alarmed when she stopped communicating with them a few days later. They reported her missing on November 13, and the Los Angeles Police Department took over the case on November 15. Relatives were particularly concerned about security video showing an unknown man with Kobayashi in Los Angeles, but police said they investigated and found no wrongdoing. Kobayashi had planned to travel to New York to tour museums and galleries as part of her goal of becoming an artist. Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell said this month that it appeared Kobayashi willfully remained in Los Angeles and cut off communication on her own. He said she had her luggage rerouted back to Los Angeles International Airport after she missed her flight to New York City. McDonnell also said investigators reviewed a U.S. Customs and Border Protection video showing Kobayashi crossing into Mexico at the San Ysidro pedestrian crossing in San Diego at 12:13 pm on November 12. While he said the woman was free to travel, he urged her to reach out to concerned family members, some of whom flew to Los Angeles from Hawaii and other parts of the country to coordinate their search. On November 24, after relatives gathered in Los Angeles, her father died by suicide near Los Angeles International Airport, police said
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