Missing Hawaii woman Hannah Kobayashi’s community will proceed in search of the 30-year-old regardless of police assertions that the lady, who has now not been heard from by means of community or buddies for 21 days, crossed the border into Mexico of her personal accord.
On Monday, Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell stated surveillance photos and alternative proof confirmed Kobayashi coming into Mexico on base, unloved and sporting baggage, on the San Ysidro port of access on Nov. 12.
Larie Pidgeon, Kobayashi’s aunt, who has acted as a community spokesperson throughout their three-week seek, stated her “worry for Hannah has not lessened.”
“Hannah never mentioned any plans to travel to Mexico, and no one in her life knew she intended to go there,” she wrote in a remark to Fox Information Virtual on Tuesday. “What alarms me even more is her complete disconnection from her phone, her social media and her world – this is not who she is.”
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Hannah Kobayashi’s community is in search of her then she didn’t get on a gliding from Los Angeles to Untouched York. (Larie Pidgeon)
“I can’t shake the last messages she sent friends and family, which I’ve replayed in my mind a thousand times,” she persisted. “I’ve tried to make sense of it but still cannot.”
There was once disagree proof that she was once “being trafficked or [was] the victim of foul play,” McDonnell stated.
“We urge Ms. Kobayashi to contact her family, law enforcement or personnel at the U.S. Embassy to let us know that you’re safe,” he stated. “She has a proper to her privateness and we appreciate her possible choices, however we additionally perceive the concern her loved ones really feel for her. A easy message may reassure those that help about her.”
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Hannah Kobayashi’s community was once involved then she blocked answering cries and texts. (Hannah Kobayashi by the use of Instagram)
Kobayashi was once scheduled to tug a connecting gliding to Untouched York on Nov. 8, with a 42-minute layover at 11 a.m., however didn’t board a gliding regardless of an in depth itinerary and a booked lodge room in Untouched York Town. Her community continues to be not sure why.
Previous this while, McDonnell stated detectives progressive that Kobayashi “intentionally” ignored her gliding, an assertion that her family disputed.
Pictures from the L.A. Union Station received by means of Fox 11 displays Kobayashi pulling a red suitcase and dressed in a sweatsuit, buying a bus price tag to the southern border on Nov. 11.
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Larie Pidgeon, Kobayashi’s aunt, described her niece, pictured, as an outgoing person who makes the ones round her chortle, and stated she dabbles in fireplace spinning, DJing and treasure paintings. (Larie Pidgeon)
In the past, Pidgeon instructed Fox Information Virtual that buddies and community won a flurry of bizarre text messages from Kobayashi then her ignored gliding that didn’t fit her regular cadence. She texted a pal that she “got tricked into pretty much giving away all my funds” and that she was once tricked “for someone I thought I loved.”
“She [wrote she] was having a spiritual awakening, that she was concerned about the matrix. It was just the most bizarre text messages,” Pidgeon up to now stated. “And it went from, ‘Hi, I can’t wait to see you guys. Love you. Everything’s great.'”
Pidgeon stated that, despite the fact that the LAPD considers the case closed, her community’s seek is “far from over,” telling Fox Information Virtual that they’re seeking to “formulate a plan that is safe and effective” to touch her in Mexico.
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Kobayashi, 30, was once heading to Untouched York Town to consult with community. (Hannah Kobayashi by the use of Instagram)
“I will not stop until I can confirm, face-to-face, that she is safe and making these decisions of her own accord, [and]… until I know my niece is safe… and in a good mental state,” she wrote, including that the community has leased a non-public investigator to backup.
Even if she thanked the police for his or her “hard work and resources they have dedicated tirelessly to this search,” the lacking lady’s aunt additionally stated the community was once now not knowledgeable of the untouched traits till hours ahead of the LAPD’s Monday press convention.
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“I want to be completely transparent: I was not made aware of this development until just hours before their press conference,” she stated. “I have not seen the footage myself, but I trust the LAPD has done their due diligence to confirm it was her.”
Pidgeon and Kobayashi’s father, Ryan Kobayashi – who was once discovered useless of an obvious suicide then leaping from a parking construction on Nov. 24, characterised by means of Pidgeon as “[dying] from a broken heart” – up to now instructed Fox Information Virtual that LAPD detectives didn’t touch them till Nov. 22, 11 days then she was once reported lacking by means of her community.
The LAPD may now not instantly be reached for remark.
Kobayashi’s community stated someone with knowledge is requested to name the RAD Motion hotline at 619-904-0840.
