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We are incredibly relieved and grateful that Hannah Kobayashi has been found safe, her sister, Sydni, and mother, Brandi Yee, said. 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.
A timeline of Hannah Kobayashi’s last-known locations
Video footage shows Hannah Kobayashi retrieving her luggage from baggage claim at LAX on November 11 after she requested it be returned from New York, and she then traveled via LA Metro to Union Station where she used her passport and cash to purchase a ticket that took her to the US-Mexico border, police said.
More than three weeks after she left Maui, Los Angeles police declared her as a voluntary missing person on December 2. Video surveillance from US Customs and Border Protection “clearly shows” Hannah Kobayashi crossing the US-Mexico border just after noon on November 12 at the San Ysidro port of entry, police said.
To date the investigation has not uncovered any evidence that Kobayashi is being trafficked or is the victim of foul play. She is also not a suspect in any criminal activity, Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell said in a news conference. She has a right to her privacy, and we respect her choices but we also understand the concern her loved ones feel for her.
Before leaving Maui, investigators found Hannah Kobayashi had expressed a desire to disconnect from modern technology, police said.
Tragedy struck the family during their search for Hannah Kobayashi when her father Ryan Kobayashi, who had traveled from Hawaii to Los Angeles to help look for her, was found dead November 24 near the airport, having taken his own life, the family and authorities say. Hannah Kobayashi’s aunt, Larie Pidgeon, told CNN that he “died of a broken heart.”
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