Wednesday, December 04, 2024 - A missing woman feared to have died after she vanished in the US has now been spotted on CCTV entering a country about 145 miles away.
Hannah Kobayashi, 30, mysteriously vanished three weeks ago
(in November) during a layover at Los Angeles International Airport, where she
was meant to board a connecting flight to New York.
She is said to have sent concerning texts to loved ones, who
feared the worst.
And since then, her father, Ryan Kobayashi, took his own
life after tirelessly searching for the woman.
However, now investigators claim security footage from the
US-Mexico border near Tijuana, about 145 miles from Los Angeles, shows her
between November 12 and 13, about a day after she disappeared and about 11 days
before her dad ended his life.
Her family has yet to comment on the information indicating Hannah could have fled south for the Mexican border.
Sources, though, have said they do not suspect any foul
play.
One even made a bold suggestion: "She's an adult and
she can choose to be missing."
But concerns grew when Hannah didn't arrive in New York last
month. The Hawaii native disappeared from the streets of downtown Los Angeles
and her relatives suspected something sinister as they said at the time Hannah
would never miss her flight intentionally.
She had earlier sent a friend a text message saying she had
a "spiritual awakening" and was later seen in the company of a
mystery man on November 11, days before the CCTV purportedly caught her in
Mexico. Tijuana, home to around 1.2 million people, is a bustling coastal city,
some 145 miles south from Los Angeles.
Speaking to Mail Online today, Hannah's worried sister Sydni told reporters of the latest development - but stressed this gives the family renewed hope.
She said: "We do remain hopeful and optimistic that the
Los Angeles Police Department is doing everything in their power to assist us
in locating Hannah.... Intuitively knowing her and being so close to her my
entire life, I just know this is absolutely not like her."
Speaking on November 26, police in LA stressed they were
sure Hannah intended to miss her connection.
LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said "the investigation
determined that Hannah's missed connection was intentional."
"On November 15, our missing persons unit assumed
investigative responsibility. Detectives have been diligently reviewing video
surveillance and employing various investigative techniques to locate Hannah,
while her family has continued their personal search efforts, he added.
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