Hannah Kobayashi's sister has shared a chilling claim amid her loved one's disappearance.
The 31-year-old disappeared in Los Angeles on November 11 after missing a connecting flight from Maui, Hawaii, en route to New York City on November 8.
The aspiring photographer shared a post during her time in Los Angeles, where she'd attended an event at The Grove shopping center in the Beverly Grove neighborhood for a Nike marketing event on November 10.
Her phone last pinned her location at LAX on the following day, which was also the final time anyone from her family heard from her. A confirmed sighting of Hannah and an unidentified person boarding a train followed, but she has not been seen since reportedly exiting at Pico Metro station, USA Today reported.
In addition to this, it was discovered that she made two Venmo payments on November 9 - one with a bow-and-arrow emoji and another with the word “reading," per Daily Mail.
The missing woman's loved ones grew concerned when they received alarming text messages that were out of character for her.
Family member Larie Pidgeon wrote on Facebook on November 14: "Hannah’s last message to us was alarming - she mentioned feeling scared, and that someone might be trying to steal her money and identity."
According to The Independent, Hannah also sent an alleged cryptic text to a friend saying she had been “tricked pretty much into giving away all my funds” to “someone I thought I loved".
Hannah's worried sister, Sydni Kobayashi told NewsNation that the messages may have been sent by someone else, and stated that it “feels like someone was controlling her".
"The text messages that she last sent... they might not have even been her," she continued. "So I want to believe law enforcement are doing their jobs... Intuitively knowing her and being so close to her my entire life, I just know this is absolutely not like her."
The distressed family has received thousands of tips and remains hopeful of finding Hannah.
Sydni is convinced that her sister, who she describes as an "amazing and beautiful" person, would never intentionally run away. “We ask that you just give our family some grace. Imagine if it was your loved one," she added.
Sydni vows to keep the search for her sister going - especially for her father, Ryan, who tragically died by suicide in the early hours of Sunday (November 24) morning.
“I know that he wants, he wants us to find my sister,” she said. “I know that he’s watching over us right now, and I know that’s what he wanted. And that’s what’s keeping me going right now,” per HawaiiNewsNow.
