MISSING Hannah Kobayashi made two thriller Venmo funds to a person and lady that her household says are being investigated by police as they proceed to seek for her.
The 30-year-old from Hawaii vanished after lacking a connecting flight from Los Angeles to New York on November 8 and was final seen three days later.
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And on November 9, the day she was purported to arrive in New York Metropolis, she made two funds utilizing the Venmo app.
One was at 6:25 pm to a girl named Veronica Almendarez for an undisclosed quantity, with the outline displaying solely a bow and arrow emoji.
The second fee was made lower than an hour later at 7:19 pm to a person referred to as Jonathan Taylor with the outline, “Studying.”
Sources declare it was for a tarot card studying, one thing the “non secular” Kobayashi is occupied with.
Insiders say Taylor has been approached by these trying to find Kobayashi by way of his TikTok account and has since turned it non-public.
Taylor didn’t reply to a number of requests for remark.
Reddit customers additionally alleged Taylor went reside on social media to assert he launched Hannah to a thriller man and does not know the place she is now, however these claims haven’t been substantiated.
Kobayashi’s aunt, Larie Pidgeon, confirmed to The U.S. Solar on Tuesday that the household has seen the funds and allegations she met with a scammer.
“We have now been made conscious and so have the LAPD. It is of their arms,” she stated.
“We’re nonetheless centered on Downtown LA. Despite the fact that it has been 15 [days] we nonetheless have hope.
“We’re additionally now encouraging folks from throughout the nation to maintain an eye fixed in case she has been taken outdoors of California.
“We’re taking a look at all potentialities, resorts, metros, bus, practice stations.”
TWIN FLAMES & PARANOID TEXTS
On-line sleuths on Reddit have additionally talked about the very fact Kobayashi was following Twin Flame accounts associated to the love cult Twin Flames Universe and went lacking on 11/11, which is commonly interpreted as a big signal within the non secular neighborhood.
It’s stated to be a reunion quantity for Twin Flames that alerts new beginnings and a connection to a better supply.
The disappearance of Hannah Kobayashi
HANNAH Kobayashi, 30, has been lacking since she missed her connecting flight to New York.
Friday, November 8: Kobayashi leaves her house in Maui and arrives in Los Angeles for her connecting flight to New York Metropolis. She has 42 minutes to make the flight at 11 pm.
Saturday, November 9: Kobayashi is supposed to land at JFK airport in New York Metropolis at 7 am however by no means arrives.
She is seen at a bookshop at The Grove, an hour away from LAX.
Sunday, November 10: Kobayashi sends a message saying she’s scared and fearful about somebody making an attempt to steal her cash and identification, alongside a number of different cryptic texts.
She’s later seen at an occasion at The Grove once more in Los Angeles, attending a Nike occasion.
Monday, November 11: Kobayashi’s cellphone places her again at LAX. She posts an image on her Instagram account from the occasion. Her cellphone is then turned off.
Wednesday, November 13: Household information lacking individual’s report.
They’re knowledgeable she was final seen at Pico Station in Downtown Los Angeles with an unidentified male.
Sunday, November 24: Hannah’s dad Ryan discovered useless in a Los Angeles parking zone after taking his personal life.
One textual content from Kobayashi revealed by her household additionally stated she “bought tricked just about into giving freely all my funds … for somebody I assumed I cherished.”
“We have now requested all tricks to be turned in to the LAPD to allow them to observe up,” Pidgeon stated of the weird idea.
“If we chased each rumor that is on the market we’d go loopy. The web goes wild with conspiracy theories.”
She added, “It is our job as her household to maintain the search going and deal with the info.”
Nonetheless, police reportedly categorized her as a “voluntary lacking individual” and haven’t launched any full statements in regards to the case.
The household can also be stated to have considered surveillance footage displaying the aspiring photographer together with her suitcase and a backpack at LAX, regardless of most baggage being transported to an individual’s closing vacation spot.
Kobayashi’s different aunt, Geordan Montalvo, who she was as a consequence of go to in New York, beforehand stated her niece determined to discover Los Angeles after lacking her flight.
She was noticed at a bookshop and a Nike occasion at The Grove shopping center.
However she grew involved after receiving worrying textual content messages days later from her about being hacked and somebody stealing her funds.
It’s not identified the place she was staying at evening, and her household claims she did not know anyone within the metropolis.
“She bought paranoid. She began saying, ‘How are you aware it is me?'” Montalvo stated.
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“And that is after we have been like, ‘Hannah, what’s going on, are you okay? What’s occurring?’”
One in every of her texts learn, “Deep Hackers wiped my identification, stole all of my funds, & have had me on a thoughts f*** since Friday,” including later that it was a “lengthy story.”
Montalvo went on, “Then we spoke on the cellphone, she sounded paranoid. I stated, ‘Are you with folks?’ She stated ‘sure’. Nevertheless it was imprecise.
“I stated, ‘Do you’re feeling secure?’ She stated, ‘I believe so.’
“She stated she was going again to LAX to see if she may reschedule her flight and discuss to American Airways. She stated, ‘I like you’, I stated ‘I like you too.’
“I used to be giving her directions.”
One in every of Kobayashi’s final textual content messages learn, “Hello loves. I simply completed a really intense non secular awakening. I am charging my cellphone and heading again to the airport to get to NYC. I would want some assist getting there, it is a lengthy story. I will preserve you posted. I believe I nonetheless have my resort room.”
Her final cellular phone ping was at LAX on November 11 within the afternoon.
However Kobayashi by no means rebooked her flight and as an alternative was seen getting off the metro at Pico Station in downtown Los Angeles round 10 pm the identical day.
Her household has not heard from her since, and her cellphone now goes straight to voicemail.
They’re afraid she could have been kidnapped or trafficked after claiming police informed them she was seen with an unknown individual on the station in surveillance footage.
Pidgeon added on Tuesday, “We won’t touch upon the footage however are hoping the police launch it to assist us within the search.”
The household beforehand stated that authorities did not question them or assist with the seek for 10 days.
The LAPD would solely verify to The U.S. Solar that they’re now investigating her disappearance.
COMPOUNDED FAMILY TRAGEDY
The household stated the state of affairs is “out of character,” and Kobayashi had been enthusiastic about her journey to New York, the place she had booked a $2,000 resort room and landed a pictures gig.
In the meantime, the household was dealt an enormous blow this week as her heartbroken father Ryan Kobayashi took his personal life, days after flying from Hawaii to Los Angeles to search for his daughter.
“That is each guardian’s nightmare,” he exclusively informed The U.S. Solar at a rally Downtown on Thursday final week.
“We do not know the place to begin. It is very traumatic.”
Ryan’s loss of life was confirmed by his household, who described the incident as a “devastating tragedy.”
“This loss has compounded the household’s struggling immeasurably,” they stated in a Fb publish.
MUSICAL AWAKENING
The U.S. Solar may also reveal Kobayashi wrote of her journey plans after changing into a fan of the EDM music scene just lately on a visit to Chicago.
In September, she replied to a consumer on Threads who spoke of wanting to attach with like-minded, pleasant people who find themselves “into music and raves and journey.”
Kobayashi responded, “You sound like my kinda folks! I just lately went to Chicago for the primary time to expertise true home music @ the supply.
“Each journey shifting ahead rn for me is predicated off exploring the epicenters of music & what speaks to me.
“Chicago was so unbelievable & inspirational, esp all of the native expertise/ intimate afters.
“I simply secured my ticket for motion in Detroit & I can be flying solo exploring NYC quickly & diving into all types of music experiences. Tremendous able to dive deeper with sound…”
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