Missing woman 'disappeared voluntarily' - after dad took own life when he failed to find her

A missing woman, whose dada took his ain beingness aft failing to find her, disappeared voluntarily, constabulary person said.

Hannah Kobayashi, 30, missed a connecting formation from Hawaii to New York successful Los Angeles connected 8 November and vanished days aboriginal aft sending "alarming" texts to her family.

Her begetter Ryan retraced her footsteps with relatives and volunteers, but was found dormant successful a car park adjacent a Los Angeles airdrome connected 24 November.

Overnight, constabulary said Hannah wanted to "step distant from modern connectivity" and was past seen crossing into Mexico with her luggage.

Los Angeles constabulary main Jim McDonnell said determination was nary grounds Hannah was trafficked oregon a unfortunate of a transgression and classified her disappearance arsenic a "voluntary missing person".

"We've fundamentally done everything we tin bash astatine this point. She's near the state and is successful different federation now," helium said, adding she has a close to privateness but should interaction her family.

"A elemental connection could reassure those who attraction astir her."

The lawsuit volition stay progressive until her information is confirmed and they volition beryllium notified if she returns to the US, helium said.

Hannah had been seen astir Los Angeles, constabulary said, and had asked oregon her luggage to beryllium sent backmost to her from New York - picking it up from the airdrome connected 11 November and leaving without her phone.

Investigators recovered she "expressed the tendency to measurement distant from modern connectivity".

Officers person questioned a antheral Hannah was seen with connected a train, describing him arsenic "cooperative".

Last week, detectives determined Hannah missed her connecting formation intentionally, though her sister, Sydni, disputed his connection successful a societal media post.

CCTV images reviewed by constabulary showed her walking unsocial and unharmed done a passageway successful San Ysidro, 125 miles southwest of Los Angeles, astatine midday connected 12 November.

It comes aft Hannah's household said they started to person "strange and cryptic, conscionable alarming" texts from her earlier she disappeared.

These messages referenced her being "intercepted" arsenic she got connected a bid and being frightened idiosyncratic was trying to bargain her identity.

Her aunt Larie Pidgeon said "she went dark" erstwhile the household "started pressing".

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Sky News US spouse web NBC News reported 1 of the texts received by Hannah's household read: "I got tricked beauteous overmuch into giving distant each my funds for idiosyncratic I thought I loved."

Shortly aft the connection was sent, her begetter flew retired to Los Angeles from Hawaii to hunt for her for 13 days.

The household said his nonaccomplishment " compounded the family's suffering immeasurably".

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