Diamond Member Pelican Press 0 Posted December 12, 2024 Diamond Member Share Posted December 12, 2024 This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Why Police May Never Learn What Happened to Her Originally appeared on This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Details surrounding Hannah Kobayashi’s missing persons case may never come to light. While the 31-year-old’s family confirmed they This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up following her Nov. 11 disappearance in Los Angeles, local authorities said they don’t plan to investigate the matter further. “We have not seen her and at this point we have no reason to compel her to see us,” Lt. Doug Oldfield of the Los Angeles Police Department’s missing persons unit told This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Dec. 11. “It’s a big news story, so she may decide to come with a lawyer, but she is not obligated to speak to us.” Oldfield noted that while authorities were told the Hawaii native—who was declared missing after she This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up from L.A. to New York City Nov. 8—was found in Mexico, the family’s attorney did not elaborate on where exactly she was found or how the family got in touch with her, according to the outlet. For a recap of Hannah’s missing person case, keep reading. More from E! Online “We’ll see what happens next,” Oldfield added. “We don’t have a lot of details.” Earlier in the day, Kobayashi’s family released a statement confirming they had successfully made contact with her, one week after the LAPD declared her a “ This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up .” Hannah Kobayashi/ This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up “We are incredibly relieved and grateful that Hannah has been found safe,” Hannah’s sister Sydni Kobayashi and mom Brandi Yee said in the statement given to NBC News. “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.” They also acknowledged the outpouring of public support they received as the case unfolded. “We want to express our heartfelt thanks to everyone who supported us during this difficult time,” the family added. “Your kindness and concern have meant the world to us.” For a recap of Hannah’s missing persons case, keep reading. Hannah Kobayashi Arrives in Los Angeles On Nov. 8, This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up flew from Maui to Los Angeles, where she was supposed to catch a connecting flight to New York’s JFK International Airport, according to L.A. police. Hannah was booked on the same flight as her ex-boyfriend. Her sister Sydni Kobayashi said, per the This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , that they couldn’t get a refund on the seats but had agreed to go their separate ways upon arrival in New York, where Hannah was going for a concert and a photography job. Hannah This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up out of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) for reasons unknown, per an This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . Her bag, meanwhile, was checked through to her final destination, and she requested it be sent back to LAX. Surveillance video reviewed by police showed the 30-year-old picking up her bag at LAX on Nov. 11. Hannah’s Whereabouts in L.A. Upon arrival in L.A., Hannah visited the Taschen bookstore at The Grove shopping center on Nov. 9 and texted a relative a photo of a book, her aunt Larie Pidgeon told the This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . Hannah also filled out a newsletter form, using her Maui address. Family members used the photo data to track Hannah to Taschen, Larie explained, where they confirmed with employees that Hannah had been there. (Larie said she was one of the relatives who traveled from Maui to look for her niece.) On Nov. 10, Hannah attended the LeBron XXII Trial Experience held at the Nike store at The Grove and This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up of Jordan-clad feet the same day, tagging the LA Times and putting her location as “City of Angels, Los Angeles CA.” “We think she was staying around The Grove,” Larie told the Times. “It’s a pretty touristy area with a lot of shops, bookstores and museums, so we think she was just in that area sightseeing and felt safe.” Hannah’s Texts Take a Concerning Turn, Family Reports Her Missing Hannah’s text messages to family members had sounded normal, including laments that she hadn’t been able to get another flight yet, according to Larie. But on Nov. 11, Larie continued, per the Times, Hannah texted another aunt that she was concerned her identity and all her money had been stolen, after which no one could get ahold of her. “She was using words like ‘hun’ and ‘*****’ and saying ‘someone’s trying to steal my funds,'” Larie said. “She doesn’t talk like that. It was just out of character and the family sounded the alarm.” They were “strange, cryptic messages—things about the matrix, it was so unlike her,” Larie This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . “And then all of a sudden, no more communication.” The last time Hannah had her phone turned on was at 4 p.m. on Nov. 11 at LAX, where police said she picked up her bag. Her family reported her missing the following day. The Last Sighting of Hannah in L.A. Hannah’s family shared Nov. 18 that they had seen surveillance footage showing her getting off a train at the Pico Metro station near Crypto.com Arena in downtown L.A. at 10 p.m. on Nov. 11. “It is evident that Hannah does not appear to be in good condition and she is not alone,” her family wrote on This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . According to police, Hannah made her way to Union Station, about three miles away from the arena, where she used her passport to purchase a bus ticket to a spot near the California-Mexico border. On Nov. 12, police said, she boarded a bus to San Ysidro. The community has been dubbed the “Gateway to the Americas” as it’s the most southern city in California and a popular border-crossing spot. The Kobayashi Family Pleads for Help Finding Hannah Family members staged a rally and passed out fliers on Nov. 21 near the downtown spot where Hannah was last seen “Please, please do not stop saying her name, Hannah Kobayashi,” her aunt Larie said at the event, This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . “Your entire family is here. The entire world is looking for you. If you can and you have access, please reach out to us. We’re not mad.” Added Hannah’s father, Ryan Kobayashi, “She’s a beautiful girl inside and outside. Just reach out, if you can at all.” He told NBC4 at the rally, “It’s every parents’ nightmare. We don’t know where to start, where to begin. It’s like a grain of sand in the ocean.” Hannah’s Father Is Found Dead Ryan Kobayashi, who was in town from Maui to look for Hannah, This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up from a parking structure near LAX on the morning of Nov. 24, according to police, who responded to a report of a deceased male at the 6100 block of Century Boulevard at 4 a.m. The L.A. County Medical Examiner’s report stated that Ryan suffered multiple blunt force traumatic injuries and the This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . “It’s every parent’s nightmare,” Ryan told NBC4 at the Nov. 21 rally. “We don’t know where to start, where to begin. It’s like a grain of sand in the ocean.” The This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , a nonprofit advocate for families of missing people, said in a statement Ryan had been in L.A. for 13 days searching for his daughter. “This loss has compounded the family’s suffering immeasurably,” the group stated, while also emphasizing that there was still a missing woman to look for and it was “crucial for everyone to remain vigilant in their efforts to locate Hannah.” Speculation that Ryan had something to do with Hannah’s disappearance was cruel and needed to be shut down, Larie told the This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . “He died of a broken heart,” she said. Police Say Hannah Is in Mexico, Change Status to “Voluntary Missing Person” The LAPD announced Dec. 2 that they last had eyes on This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , alone and carrying her luggage. Investigators from the department’s Missing Persons Unit went to the border Dec. 1 and viewed surveillance video from U.S. Customs and Border Protection that showed her walking into Mexico, police said. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , according to the LAPD, which noted that she is not a suspect in any criminal activity, nor has their investigation uncovered any evidence of human trafficking or foul play. “Our priority is ensuring Ms. Kobayashi’s safety and well-being,” LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said at a news conference. “We urge Ms. Kobayashi to contact her family, law enforcement or personnel at the U.S. Embassy to let us know she is safe. She has the right to privacy, and we respect her choices, but we also understand the concern her loved ones feel. A simple message could reassure those who care about her.” In a statement to NBC News, This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up that she was safe and they were still looking for her. “The search is far from over,” they said Dec. 3, “and we are committed to doing everything possible to bring her home safely. We want answers and a resolution that ensures Hannah’s safety and urge law enforcement and the public to stay focused on finding her and to avoid speculative conclusions.” Hannah’s Family Says She’s Safe On Dec. 11, Hannah’s sister Sydni and mom Brandi Yee said they had made contact with her. “We are incredibly relieved and grateful that This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up ,” they said in a statement to NBC News. “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.” For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! 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