“Unraveling the Mystery: How a Hawaiian Woman’s Disappearance Led Her Father on a Desperate Race to Mexico—and a Tragic End”
Kobayashi “knowingly departed” LAX after checking her bag to her connecting flight to New York from Maui and went to Union Station on November 11 and used her passport to buy a bus ticket to the border.
The LAPD said there is no evidence of human trafficking or foul play and noted that Kobayashi seemed to want a less complicated life.
‘The investigators noted that before departing Maui, Kobayashi expressed a desire to step away from modern connectivity,’ the police department said in a statement.
Therefore, they are now classifying her disappearance as ‘voluntary’ in an attempt to respect ‘her right to privacy’.
Police say they will not further their investigation of Kobayashi to Mexico but will be notified if she returns to America and they encourage her to contact police or the American Embassy in Mexico to ‘confirm her well being’.
Her family is yet to comment on the information indicating Kobayashi could have fled south for the Mexican border.
One even made a bold suggestion: “She’s an adult and she can choose to be missing.”
Kobayashi disappeared from the streets of downtown Los Angeles after missing a connecting flight from her native Maui to the Big Apple on November
