Aunt of Hannah Kobayashi, Who Disappeared Earlier than Flight in L.A., Pleads for Assist Throughout Rally

Relations held a rally in Los Angeles amid the continuing seek for Hannah Kobayashi, who disappeared practically two weeks in the past after lacking her connecting flight to New York Metropolis.

“Please, please don’t cease saying her title, Hannah Kobayashi,” Kobayashi’s aunt, Larie Pidgeon, advised the gang outdoors Crypto.com Area on Thursday, Nov. 21, per KTLA. “Your total household is right here. Your entire world is in search of you. If you happen to can and you’ve got entry, please attain out to us. We’re not mad.” 

“If somebody has her, I need you to see the images we’ve got posted. I need you to see this household, and I need you to know she is so liked. I need you to know that she is so particular and sort,” Pidgeon stated.

“She’s an exquisite lady inside and outdoors,” Kobayashi’s father, Ryan Kobayashi, stated throughout the rally. “Simply attain out, if you happen to can in any respect.”  

Thursday was the primary day the Los Angeles Police Division responded to her household and reached out to her sister for extra info, stories Fox 11.

Pidgeon beforehand advised PEOPLE that Kobayashi, 30, left Maui on Friday, Nov. 8, and was presupposed to make the connecting flight to N.Y.C. at Los Angeles Worldwide Airport (LAX), however missed it due to her tight layover.

Pidgeon stated Kobayashi contacted Pidgeon’s sister, Geordan Montalvo, and advised her she missed her flight and was making an attempt to rebook.

In response to Kobayashi’s household, she went to a bookstore round midday on Saturday, Nov. 9, and that night she went again to LAX, telling Montalvo that making an attempt to get on one other flight was a “nightmare,” however that she was nonetheless making an attempt to get there.

The household stated they’ve confirmed sightings of Hannah at LAX the subsequent day, too — however on Monday, Nov. 11, they began getting regarding textual content messages from her, saying, “I feel somebody’s making an attempt to steal my id. I’m actually scared.”

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Different textual content messages stated, “I received tricked just about into freely giving all my funds” and “For somebody I assumed I liked,” in accordance with KGMB/KHNL.

Family members grew involved, and requested her if she was okay, Pidgeon advised PEOPLE. Nevertheless, she stated Kobayashi did not reply, and “then her cellphone went useless.”

Household stated Kobayashi’s final pinned location was at Los Angeles Worldwide Airport (LAX) round 4 p.m. native time on Nov. 11, in accordance with Pidgeon.

A ticketing agent advised the household that they spoke to Hannah that day and that she was discussing shopping for a brand new ticket both again to Maui or to New York, the aunt advised PEOPLE.

That very same day, Pidgeon added, the household received a confirmed sighting of Kobayashi and an unidentified individual getting on the practice. Kobayashi exited the practice round Pico Station, which is among the locations they went to take care of arriving for the search.

“It wasn’t a great neighborhood,” Pidgeon stated. “And the officers that have been there and people who we spoke with, they have been like, you do not come right here after darkish.”

Kobayashi’s household is frightened that she might need been kidnapped or trafficked, however when contacted by PEOPLE on Wednesday, Nov. 20, the Los Angeles Police Division stated there was no replace and that the investigation is ongoing.