LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hannah Kobayashi, the lacking Hawaii girl whose disappearance prompted a large search, has been discovered secure, the Los Angeles Police Division stated Wednesday.
Kobayashi vanished final month in Los Angeles, and her disappearance prompted a large search and a lacking individuals investigation. It was not instantly clear the place she was discovered, however police beforehand stated she had voluntarily crossed the border into Mexico.
“We’re blissful to be taught that Hannah has been discovered secure,” the LAPD stated in an announcement. “Now that we now have this new info, this has turn into a non-public matter and we’ll wrap up our investigation.”
Kobayashi, a budding photographer from Maui, was heading to New York Metropolis on Nov. 8 for a brand new job and to go to family when she missed a connecting flight throughout a cease at Los Angeles Worldwide Airport. She informed her household she was sleeping on the airport that night time and texted them the following day to say she was sightseeing in Los Angeles.
Her household reported her lacking to legislation enforcement on Nov. 11 after family acquired “unusual and cryptic, simply alarming” textual content messages, in accordance with her aunt Larie Pidgeon.
“As soon as the household began urgent, she went darkish,” Pidgeon informed The Related Press late final month. After the texts on Nov. 11, her telephone “simply went lifeless,” Pidgeon stated.
Relations, pals and native volunteers looked for Hannah in Los Angeles. Hannah’s father, Ryan Kobayashi, was amongst those that flew in from Hawaii to assist in the search. He was discovered lifeless on Nov. 24 in a car parking zone close to LA Worldwide Airport, in accordance with the county medical expert.
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Police stated Kobayashi walked into Mexico on the San Ysidro border crossing about 125 miles (201 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles on Nov. 12, the day after her household reported her lacking. Authorities made the announcement after reviewing safety video from U.S. Customs and Border Safety.
Kobayashi disappeared voluntarily as she sought to “step away from fashionable connectivity,” LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell, the LA police chief, beforehand stated.