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    Search for Hannah Kobayashi continues in Los Angeles: timeline

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    Kobayashi’s family continues to search for the missing 31-year-old woman in Los Angeles more than a week after she disappeared. View the timeline of events, including its last known location.

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    LOS ANGELES − The search continues for a missing woman believed to be in Los Angeles, as her family remains hopeful more than a week after her disappearance.

    Hannah Kobayashi31, was last heard from on Nov. 11 after missing a connecting flight from Maui to New York at Los Angeles International Airport a few days earlier, on Nov. 8, her family said.

    Larie Pidgeon, Kobayashi’s aunt, previously told USA TODAY that the family was alarmed when they received texts from Kobayashi that didn’t match her. Pidgeon explained in an interview Tuesday evening that strange phrases and a lack of emojis in the messages set off alarm bells.

    “None of them have a single (emoji). I know it seems like a small detail, but for us it’s huge,” Pidgeon said. “Even though she was in contact with us, she was not in contact with us in her right mind.”

    Screenshots shared with USA TODAY show Kobayashi sending messages on Nov. 11 saying, “Oh my God, at the airport…I have safe passage” and “Matrix style…I’m safe. .. For everyone’s sake… I will keep you posted.”

    The family is organizing a volunteer drive this week in the area near where Kobayashi was last seen. Pidgeon called the efforts of Los Angeles volunteers to find Kobayashi “super heartwarming.”

    “Los Angeles is coming out of the woodwork to help us,” Pidgeon said. “She may have been lost in Los Angeles, but Los Angeles is trying to find her.”

    Timeline of Hannah Kobayashi’s Disappearance

    • November 8: Kobayashi misses a connecting flight from Maui to New York at Los Angeles International Airport. She is seen on airport security cameras leaving the airport wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, tie-dye leggings and a dark green backpack.
    • November 9: Kobayashi is seen by employees of the Taschen bookstore at The Grove shopping center in the Fairfax district of Los Angeles around noon.
    • November 10: Kobayashi is seen at The Grove again, this time on video at a Nike event around 3:40 p.m. She posts a photo from the event on his Instagram the same day.
    • November 11: Kobayashi returns to LAX but does not board a flight, according to the family, citing airport staff. Her phone, which contains an Audrey Hepburn case, was last pinged at LAX but has not been found.
      • Pidgeon told USA TODAY on Tuesday that Kobayashi spoke to an American Airlines ticket agent between 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. USA TODAY reached out to American Airlines and did not immediately receive a response.
      • Kobayashi is then seen on surveillance cameras near the Pico subway station in downtown Los Angeles around 10 p.m., Pidgeon told USA TODAY on Sunday in conjunction with the family releasing a statement. The family said in the statement that “it is evident that Hannah does not appear to be in good health and that she is not alone.” They did not give details. The subway station is near the Crypto.com Arena and serves the Los Angeles Metro Lines A and E.
    • November 12: Kobayashi’s family files a missing person’s report with the Los Angeles Police Department. USA TODAY has contacted the LAPD for more information.

    Kobayashi is 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighs approximately 140 pounds and has brown hair and eyes and fair skin with freckles.

    Family remains hopeful a week after disappearance

    Pidgeon said that although the family remains hopeful of finding Kobayashi and is following up on leads provided through a tip line. The fact that she had been missing for over a week had the family preparing for multiple consequences.

    “We have to realize that this could be kidnapping, this could be trafficking, this could be any worst nightmare you can think of,” Pidgeon said. “The reason we have to do this is because we now have to go down other paths, and this has become a reality that we have to face.”

    When asked what she would say to Kobayashi, Pidgeon reiterated that the family is not giving up hope.

    “If you’re safe, if this turns out to be, you know, a flibbertigibbet, call us. We love you,” Pidgeon said. “If anyone has it, please don’t hurt them. She’s amazing, she’s kind, she’s loving and if she met you on the street she would help you. So if they Please, please, please don’t hurt her and return us to her. No questions asked.

    Anyone with information on Kobayashi’s whereabouts is asked to call the Los Angeles Police Department at 1-877-527-3247 or The Rad movement at 619-904-0840.

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