Hannah Kobayashi found after Mexico border crossing in month-long disappearance, family says

Hannah Kobayashi, who had been missing in Hawaii, has been confirmed to be “found safe” a month later, following her appearance on surveillance footage traveling to Mexico with a suitcase. 

Through their lawyer, Sara Azari, Kobayashi’s mother Brandi Yee and sister Sydni Kobayashi expressed their immense relief and gratitude for Hannah’s safe return in a statement released on Wednesday.

“The past month has been an indescribable ordeal for our family, and we request privacy as we navigate through the healing process and cope with everything we have experienced,” the family shared.

Hannah Kobayashi

Kobayashi, 30, was heading to New York City to visit family. (Hannah Kobayashi via Instagram)

“She [wrote she] was having a spiritual awakening, that she was concerned about the matrix. It was just the most bizarre text messages,” Pidgeon previously said. “And it went from, ‘Hi, I can’t wait to see you guys. Love you. Everything’s great.'”

Ryan Kobayashi, the 30-year-old’s father, was found dead on Nov. 24 of an apparent suicide after jumping from a parking structure in Los Angeles, while he and his family were searching for the missing woman. 

Los Angeles Magazine reported that Kobayashi had fallen victim to an immigration scheme before going missing. Kobayashi’s mother reportedly found documents in her daughter’s Hawaii home that listed an immigration attorney, according to the outlet, and turned that information over to law enforcement.

But family attorney Azari wrote in a post on X that the family “has not confirmed the authenticity of the images or the accuracy of the information provided about a possible secret marriage… we did not have the facts or the necessary documents to verify the legitimacy of this information.”

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