The family of a woman who vanished from LAX after missing her connecting flight is pleading with the public and police, to help find her. Darsha Philips reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Nov. 21, 2024.
The family of a woman from Hawaii who disappeared after arriving at LAX rallied alongside 50 volunteers Thursday afternoon in downtown Los Angeles.
According to her aunt, 30-year-old Hannah Kobayashi traveled from Maui to Los Angeles on Nov. 8.
She arrived at LAX and was supposed to make a connecting flight to New York but never made it. While waiting at LAX, she periodically left the airport to sightsee.
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On Nov. 11, family members say they received strange text messages from her about someone trying to steal her identity. All calls that day went straight to voicemail. The family has not heard from her since.
Surveillance footage shows Kobayashi boarding a Metro at Pico Station at 10 p.m. Monday. She has not been seen since.
A missing persons report has been filed with the LAPD. Detectives reached out to the family on Thursday.
“We’re trying to make them take us seriously because it’s been 11 days,” said Laire Pidgeon, Kobayashi’s aunt. “Just because she doesn’t have a mental illness and just because she is not elderly doesn’t mean something didn’t happen to her.”
Kobayashi was last seen wearing black leggings, a tie-dye sweatshirt, and a green backpack.
Any information regarding her whereabouts should be reported to LAPD.
