Father of Missing Hawaii Woman Hannah Kobayashi Found Dead Amid Search

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Two weeks aft Hawaiian pistillate Hannah Kobayashi went missing, her begetter Ryan Kobayashi has died successful an evident termination successful Los Angeles, according to authorities.

By Olivia Evans Nov 25, 2024 2:45 PMTags

Hannah Kobayashi: Everything to Know About the Maui Woman Who Vanished successful L.A.

Content warning: This communicative discusses suicide.

The household of Hannah Kobayashi is grieving a monolithic loss.

Nearly 2 weeks aft the Hawaiian native went missing successful Los Angeles Nov. 11, her begetter Ryan Kobayashi has died successful an apparent suicide successful the California city, authorities told NBC4.

The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to NBC4 Los Angeles that Ryan, 58, had jumped disconnected a parking operation adjacent Los Angeles International Airport astatine astir 4 a.m. connected Sunday, Nov. 24.

Ryan had been successful Los Angeles to assistance successful a hunt for Hannah, 31, who was past seen successful surveillance footage boarding a Metro presumption adjacent Crypto.com Arena Nov. 18, her household told NBC4. He had attended a vigil for her connected Nov. 21 nearby, telling reporters, “We’re trying to get our boots connected the crushed to find retired what happened.”

“It’s each parent’s nightmare,” helium added to NBC4 astatine the time. “We don’t cognize wherever to start, wherever to begin. It’s similar a atom of soil successful the ocean.”

Hannah’s begetter besides told reporters helium felt “hopeful” toward uncovering his daughter. Prior to her disappearance, Hannah had begun sending her household members out-of-character substance messages, including 1 wherever she described she had undergone a “very aggravated spiritual awakening,” and expressing anxiousness implicit idiosyncratic attempting to bargain her wealth oregon identity.

“That's erstwhile everything started getting fuzzy and we're starting to suffer interaction with her,” Hannah’s aunt Larie Pidgeon told KITV News Nov. 14. “This is truthful dissimilar Hannah, she's precise responsible.”

Hannah Kobayashi/Instagram

The Haiku, Maui autochthonal had planned a travel to New York for a concert, photography gig and a household visit, arriving astatine LAX from Hawaii Nov. 8. After missing her connecting flight, she near the airdrome to research Los Angeles—including attending a LeBron James lawsuit astatine The Grove Nov. 10. Although she returned backmost to the airdrome Nov. 11, she ne'er boarded her flight, Pidgeon antecedently confirmed to E! News.

The LAPD besides antecedently confirmed to E! News that determination is an ongoing missing idiosyncratic probe for Hannah.

“We volition not halt until we find you, you person truthful galore family, you person truthful galore friends who emotion you so, so, truthful much,” Larie told KITV. “If you're feeling frightened oregon if you consciousness alone, you are not. We are with you.”

(E! and NBC4 News are portion of the NBCUniversal family.)

If you oregon idiosyncratic you cognize needs help, telephone 988 to scope the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. You tin besides telephone the network, antecedently known arsenic the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, astatine 800-273-8255, substance HOME to 741741 oregon sojourn SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for further resources.

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