Hannah Kobayashi’s Family Has Made Contact w/ Her 1 Month After Her Disappearance

Hannah Kobayashi’s Family Has Made Contact w/ Her 1 Month After Her Disappearance

Hannah Kobayashi has been found safe more than a month after relatives reported she had vanished in Los Angeles, her family announced Wednesday.

“We are incredibly relieved and grateful that Hannah has been found safe,” the family of the 30-year-old from Hawaii said in an attorney-issued statement to local media.

“This past month has been an unimaginable ordeal for our family, and we kindly ask for privacy as we take the time to heal and process everything we have been through.”

The announcement came a week after Kobayashi was spotted on camera crossing the border into Mexico, apparently of her own free will.??Her discovery marks the end of a high-profile investigation after Kobayashi suddenly lost contact with her family on November 8 after missing a connecting flight from Los Angeles to New York.

Before her disappearance, Kobayashi had sent a flurry of bizarre text messages to friends and family, talking about a “spiritual awakening” and being “tricked.”

Family members — including Kobayashi’s aunt, Larie Pidgeon — speculated that she had been kidnapped and possibly trafficked.
In a tragic twist, Kobayashi’s father, Ryan, took his own life two weeks after traveling to Los Angeles to search for his daughter.