The father of a Hawaiian woman who went missing in Los Angeles in early November was found dead in an apparent suicide at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) after traveling there to search for him.
Ryan Kobayashi (58) can be seen alive Friday, just after 13 days helping local authorities search for her daughter, Hanna Kobayashi, 31. daily mail Reported.
The body of the grief-stricken father was found under the parking lot at Los Angeles International Airport, where he had jumped, around 4 a.m. local time Sunday, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said. Confirmed to the local NBC affiliate station.
“The Kobayashi family has suffered a devastating tragedy today,” the family said in a statement obtained by the newspaper. “Hannah's father, Ryan Kobayashi, tragically took his own life after a 13-day intense search throughout Los Angeles. This loss has compounded the family's suffering immeasurably.”
“What these families need most during this difficult time is for all communities to rally around them with support, compassion, and prayers. Please comment and post with caution as they endure. The trauma is deep, they are grieving the loss of their family's pillars, and they are faced with the added burden of moving on.”
The Kobayashi family went missing on November 10 after Hannah, an aspiring photographer, missed a connecting flight from her hometown of Maui to visit relatives in New York City on November 8 and began sending cryptic text messages. I submitted a notification.
“Deep hackers erased my identity, stole all my funds, and have been messing with me since Friday,” one of Hannah's messages obtained said. daily mailread.
One of Hannah's worried friends reported that she had received a message saying she had been “deceived.”
“I was tricked into donating all my funds to someone I thought I loved,” the alarming message said.
She also sent text messages to loved ones claiming she was “spiritually awakened.”
Hannah was reportedly on the same plane as her ex-boyfriend, who had planned a trip before they broke up.
Before his death, Ryan said the ex-couple never spoke or sat next to each other on the plane, and that his ex-girlfriend took a connecting flight and arrived in New York without Hannah.
However, she said her daughter's former partner is cooperating with the investigation.
“A lot of worry and a lot of confusion. I haven't slept well since I heard the news so everything is just a blur, but I really don't know…It's really worrying,” the father said. daily mail. “We're just trying to get as much information as possible.”
“We're going to do everything we can until we find her. We just need to get the word out about her,” Ryan said. “She is an amazing person who brings joy to so many people.”
A timeline compiled by the magazine chronicling Hannah's final moments before disappearing onto the streets of Los Angeles shows her spending a “significant” amount of time at The Grove shopping mall before leaving the airport and arriving at the airport. A mysterious series of actions leading to his return has been revealed.
She was seen returning to LAX, where she appears to have spent the night.
On November 11, three days after missing his connecting flight, Kobayashi boarded the LAX Metro C line at Aviation/Century Station at 9:02 p.m. local time and was seen transferring to another train at Rosa Parks Station. reportedly seen.
Hanna then got off the train, and at about 10 p.m., she was seen leaving the Pico subway station, about 26 miles from Los Angeles International Airport, with an unidentified person, whom the outlet described as a “mystery man.” Last seen.
Her last social media post, shared to Instagram on Nov. 11, showed her feet in Nike shoes and included an eyeball emoji in the caption.
Internet sleuths have shared their theories in the comments, speculating about “psychos,” “cults,” and “drugs.”
Hannah's mother and sister, Brandi Yee and Sidoni Kobayashi, said the concerning messages they received from Hannah's phone were “not typical of her.”
They added that her cell phone was last located at LAX before it was turned off.
“Yes, we share location information,” Yi said, and Sidney added. … No text will be delivered. I can't find her cell phone. ”
Hannah's aunt, Larry Pidgeon, said: daily mail The family hopes the Los Angeles Police Department will “take it a little more seriously.”
“I think they understand that we're not going to go away and we're going to make a lot of noise. Until they do something, we're going to do something,” she said. Ta.
in interview Pidgeon told NewsNation there was “no reason” her niece would be in downtown Los Angeles with a stranger later that night. He was drugged.''
The story includes why Hannah didn't catch her connecting flight, why she left and returned to the airport, the identity of the man she was seen leaving the station with, and the information sent from Hannah's cell phone. The message was really from her.
It is also unclear whether her father, Ryan, communicated with anyone before committing suicide, or whether he discovered something that triggered his suicide.
