Hannah Kobayashi still isn’t quite ready to talk about what happened. In November 2024, the 30-year-old was reported missing when she wasn’t on her scheduled connecting flight from LAX to New York City, where she was meeting a family friend. When she was found in December, having traveled down to …
Read More »Hannah Kobayashi 'Found Safe,' Family Says
Hannah Kobayashi’s family said they found and made contact with Hannah, who has been missing since early November. In a statement shared with Rolling Stone, the family said, “We are incredibly relieved and grateful that Hannah has been found safe. This past month has been an unimaginable ordeal for our …
Read More »A Timeline of Hannah Kobayashi's Disappearance
On Nov. 8, Hannah Kobayashi, a 30-year-old woman from Honolulu, Hawaii, landed at the Los Angeles International Airport. According to a now-private Facebook post from her sister Sydni Kobayashi, Hannah was scheduled to catch a connecting flight from LAX to New York City, where she planned to spend time with …
Read More »Hannah Kobayashi Declared 'Voluntary Missing Person' After Entering Mexico Alone
Hannah Kobayashi was declared a “voluntary missing person” after a video emerged of her crossing the U.S. border into Mexico on foot several weeks ago. The Los Angeles Police Department announced the reclassification and development at a news conference on Monday, Dec. 2 (via the Los Angeles Times). “We reviewed …
Read More »Father of Missing Woman Hannah Kobayashi Dead in Apparent Suicide
Ryan Kobayashi, father of Hannah Kobayashi, who has been missing since the beginning of November, died Sunday morning from an apparent suicide. A statement from the RAD Movement — a non-profit assisting the Kobayashi family in their search for Hannah — confirmed Ryan’s death. “The Kobayashi family endured a devastating …
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