The search continues for Hannah Kobayashi, who disappeared after an extended layover at the Los Angeles airport. NBC News’ Ellison Barber shares that the family believes she might be in danger.
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What is her mental history? I hope they’re honest about that to help the search as well.
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Stop letting your daughters travel solely vacation solely and why would she even leave the airport
Women know the danger out there, that’s just poor judgement
I pray she gets found safe.
The police shouldn’t have waited until the 15th to start looking for her
Police not releasing the video and it happening in LAX makes me think that’s somehow connected. Diddy owned the cops why wouldn’t cartels or why wouldn’t they infiltrate the police to do what they want in the airport ect or a lakers game
Why on earth would go TO LA WHERE DEMOCRATS ARE IN CHARGE YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER
Oh my God you’ve got to be kidding me😂😂😂
Women are property don’t let them off the leash
I see the Taliban is now active on YT.
Your grandma was good at that😀
@ women are men’s property not people
Oh look, Trump got a YouTube account😂
@@deannalopez8109 yet pride fgt alphabet people still support Muslims and Palestine funny how that works… women are property
Its LA. People need to smarten up
people need to realize LA isn’t this paradise 💀
This is awful. Poor beautiful girl and her family. Praying she is found safely ASAP.
This world is a scary place.
It was probably a homeless man, just assuming but most likely. They dont want to put attention on the biggest humanitarian crisis left unchecked in America= homelesness and crime.
Is she mentally ill?
She certainly sounds as such.
I feel like if she was alive she would have contacted authorities and her family. I’m praying but it doesn’t seem too good. 🤔
Next time I fly into LAX, I’m not wanting to leave the airport. As much as I want to see La Brea Tar Pits.
This woman clearly had a mental health breakdown based on the weird texts she sent. If she’s mentally incapacitated she might not reach out of family. I wouldn’t be concerned traveling to see sights in LA. I’ve visited many times and it’s fine. I’ve visited La Brea and recommend it.
@@deannalopez8109 ok, thank-you! I wouldn’t have left Maui but they said she was visiting an aunt in New York, going to a concert, & for a photography job! You mean to tell me in all of Maui she couldn’t get a job?! I understand seeing New York but I wouldn’t have left Maui!! I was luckily able to visit last Feb 2024. My thumbnail is Maui. I’m in Pennsylvania. I hope she’s ok! 😘
Stop traveling to California. It’s back to Wild West. And NEVER trust ANYONE you meet online… even if they’re the person they say they are they’ll probably still fuck you over
8 billion people in the world and every single day I’m seeing the same articles about this one grown woman who has gone missing. so many people go missing every day. Shes a grown adult. She could be shacked up in a hotel room somewhere.
She put herself in danger by lying to her family and getting off that plane on her own going to meet somebody a stranger , and giving her money to a stranger ,she’s 31 years old she should know better you probably got robbed and things went wrong, always leaving the family to plead to the media
*take you medicine!*
I somewhat agree. It doesn’t make sense. I have not been following that much and not up to date as much, but I do believe she MAY have not told her family about something. It doesn’t make sense. A 31yr old kidnapped and drugged doesn’t happen unless she was with some wrong people she thought she trusted. She must have met up with someone that the family did not know about
I don’t know why people keep saying that the person she was with seen with on video is a black male. I suspect it’s more political. She may have been abducted by an illegal migrant, which would fuel further tensions in this country about illegal migration and shed light on sanctuary city policies there in California.
Gosh I wish people would stop falling for con artists on the internet!! 😫
I am so sad for this family. My prayers are with you
Something is missing. Why aren’t they showing any video She was in an airport How does one go missing???
It sure sounds like she may have been trying to meet up with someone!?!
Okay so clearly, as naive and innocent as this girl sounds, she was in contact with someone who definitely took her for a ride unfortunately… She most probably did not tell her family that she was involved with someone….
Check scientology
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I dont think she ever intended to visit her aunt in NYC. I think she went to LA to meet someone she met online.
Perhaps since she only has 30-45 minute connecting flight!
@@arciev.743 If you miss your connection you try to get another. If you cant you get one you get one for the next day and go get a hotel nearby. You dont take off on some tourist adventure. No way she intended to even go to NYC.
Yes 😢😢
Trump will find her.
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LA is not safe, if you just got off the plane, it is a very bad idea to wonder around on your own,
That’s nonsense.
Don’t wear headphones walking around LA. I got held up at gunpoint barely got away because I had my headphones on. Don’t do that and walk around any city.
100%. dont wear them out in public ANYWHERE. between headphones & earbuds people are asking for trouble when cant hear whats going on
good advice
I only put headphones in one ear to hear my surroundings because that’s absolutely what bad people look for. Also being born and raised in nyc teaches you to glance around occasionally when you walk. Alot of people don’t do that because they grew up trusting the entire neighborhood.
TRAFFICKED. I’m starting with the ex-bf.
I hope not, remember Gabby Petito ,the bf drove to Florida after killing her like nothing happened and delaying her search.
So she had 30-40 mins to get from 1 terminal to another. Instead, she took an uber or cab to go to grove which is 30-40 mins away? And since it’s a connecting flight, what about her checked in luggage that goes to NY. Unless she didn’t check in anything and only came with a small backpack? If so, to come to LA with just a backpack and lying about going to NY, seems like an elaborate lie to hide something. Something is fishy. Hope she gets found safely soon
Hmm wow very good points here. What if she’s having a mental break? What if those txts WERE her but she’s in psychosis or delusional. Either way it does sound like she was meeting up with someone that she met from online.
I wonder if she joined a cult?
Stop threatening the suspects!😡😡😡😡😡
God’s Army will be with her!
This case is really getting to me…i watch alot of missing persons documentarys and i really want to see a happy ending here for once. Praying she’s ok💗🙏
Why would she still have her back pack with if she’s been taken against her will. They would’ve made her get rid of it
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So she was traveling alone or no? Cause another report said she was traveling with an “ex” boyfriend but decided not to catch her flight and ran off into the city…. Idk 🤷♀️ sounds like she either had a mental breakdown or she ran off with someone. Why isn’t here family in the area looking for her? Is it normal for her to travel such long distances alone? I mean has she had any mental health issues? So many unanswered questions and her family doesn’t seem to answer any.
Honolulu is 8 hours away. She was traveling with someone who tricked her into getting stranded there without funds, and he ditched her, maybe in the middle of a drug-induced episode or mental break from the time change. Someone else now has her phone, or she still isn’t her normal self.
Her dad and aunt are in LA looking for her.
Her and her boyfriend booked the trip to NYC while they were together and broke up in the meantime. They both arrived in LAX, he made the connecting flight to NYC and she left the airport. He is cooperating with police.
It’s pretty obvious she has had a mental health breakdown.
Right? Why didn’t the family even mention this as a possibility??
@@mollyram2997denial , embarrassment
Police will wind down an investigation if the person is doing this to themselves so that’s why a lot of families will hold out. Same as Elisa Lam
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I would be interrogating ex bf that was on same flight. That to me is weird. Ive had plenty ex bfs never has one ever been on any flight with me….thats weird. Dont know how their relationship ended..good or bad??? But thats just weird he was on same flight??? There are no coincidences.
Definitely suspicious. I wonder why that isn’t mentioned here
Police already interviewed the ex and said he is cooperating.
It is mentioned. They booked the trip to NYC while the were together and broke up in the meantime. They both arrived in LAX, he made the connecting flight to NYC and she left the airport. He is cooperating with police.
And it seems to me she might have been drugged while on plane?? Idk…her messages seem very off, not of someone who is sober. Or then those were not her texts from her!
This is just weird
I want to help with a search!
I have a feeling she met some people and they took her to hang out in Joshua tree. She could be there with no signal.
as a single female, I did a solo trip from Vancouver, Canada to Olympic National Park in Washington State by car. When I crossed the border, both ways, I got questioned by the officer about my trip. Neither of them, two male officers, believed that I went to ONP alone. Now I realized how dangerous this could be, because human trafficking and homicide, or case like this video. We never know what’s going to happen, if we travel alone. Stay safe.
Agree. I’m a guy and would no longer go camping, or even day hike anywhere remote with out a weapon. Unfortunately, that is the world we live in now.
Never do solo trips
@@thehapagirl92 but the reality to me is I have to because I don’t have anyone travel with me
Same here. I want to travel and have no one to go with.
@@kendallevans4079you don’t need to worry. You’re a man. It’s not the same in any capacity
Laken Railey type of story, thanks to Harris. But, more are coming to LA
Praying for this young lady. 🙏
Jesus Christ help this lady
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I went to LA by myself (stupid idea). The first thing off the plane, the taxi driver told me was that he hated beachgoers. I was taken aback by this. LA is truly a scary wicked place. I will never go back again. I pray she is found safe.🙏
Sorry but how does someone saying they hate beachgoers make you conclude LA is a scary wicked place 🤣
I love the comments. People stating the obvious while the media says nothing of value.
Hopefully somebody recognizes her Amber Alert.
The media never covers someone ugly when they go missing
Check the border cams!
What is this women should not travel alone nonsense? I’ve traveled by myself, with my small kids, in tour groups, with family, in US and Europe for 30+ years and nothing has ever happened to me. Stay in safe tourist areas, don’t go to countries not safe for you and stay alert. You don’t have to stay trapped in your house. Just be smart and cautious.
so what you’re saying is that you’ve travelled with other people far more than you did by yourself.
We’re not worried about ourselves. We’re worried about the men who hunt us.
trafficked or already dead. rip
Not trafficked. She’s 31
Poor hapa girl
post the suspect’s photo on the air/internet. It puts the pressure on the suspect probably keep him from harming Hannah. And he might not be an kidnapper, but somebody who walked around with Hannah but knows where she was going.
9. I live in an invisible prison made up of rage and grief and despair and trauma
LA IS FULL OF CAMERAS CANT BELIEVE THEY HAVENT FOUND HER
The LA public took down the Night Stalker. Inform the community!
hope she is well !!!
She’s going to be the next Elisa Lam.
That was also,fishy,they always shut cases down with the same story hummmm… Something out there? New drug,drink or something very heinous affecting people all the same way.I think weed,gummy’s and all those thc free edibles can easily have something else that can fried a person’s brain .Outhere in LA they must be trying every thing to reach Nirvana and all that stuff new age /spiritual enlightenment community are into…
A lot of people on here are saying she purposely missed her flight to NYC and was meeting a guy or something… the parents said it, she missed her connection and was on standby for another flight, probably several hours later….
I flew from Denver to Hawaii and had a 7 hour layover in LA. I decided I’d leave the airport and see LA as I had never been to California before. Went to Venice Beach and got lunch and then headed back to the airport. No intention to see a guy. I just took an opportunity to see a new and popular tourist destination. Lets stop victim blaming!
Oh she might have been victimizr by a love scam.
A lot of people are dumb as dirt and just act as a distraction
Her ex boyfriend was on the flight headed to the same place he made his connection on time. So obviously she left with intentions of something. He been cleared
Dear HANNAH FAMILY …pleaseeeee contact Reverend Psychic Donna Seraphina ASAP to assist you. Her email is on her website. Donna assists FREE of charge. She’s extremely gifted / blessed. She will help you!
Story don’t make sense..these people are not believable ..she’s 30 ..
NBC should be investigated for disaster capitalism and false reports
the community needs more details so they can help
It’s coming off like a well thought out Houdini act. No one vanishes into thin air ESPECIALLY in DTLA where there’s surveillance every 20ft. or so.
LA is really scary, I have lived in NYC and always felt safe, then I was visiting LA and decided to walk to my hotel from a store I was visiting and ended up getting lost on the skid row, I truly believe it’s a miracle I wasn’t murdered that day. I saw some horrible things and I was followed and harassed. It’s mad max there.
😮😮😮 NYC is much safer .
I’m so very sorry
Little T ? Culture she Japanese hafu
This Aunt….
She looks different in every picture
i think its important know of she ran away before or had any psych issues in the past or present.. being a psychologist they need to open all her social media accounts and find out if she was talking to anyone..
What are her CELL PHONE pings saying? Everyone who travels keeps a cell phone charger in their purse, pocket, etc. and there are phone chargers at the major airports, built into the seats!
Sounds like she doesn’t wanna be found
Downtown LA is extremely dangerous… High crime… Her dead body will be found soon… Sorry…
I keep wondering if this had anything to do with Hannah owing someone else money……………..Did she owe a LOT of money to someone like an ex-boyfriend or husband, or a contractor who did work for her?
These airports are not to be trusted, they’ll take your baggage.. you don’t think they’ll take your women?
How on earth do you botch up a 30 minute plane transfer when you have a brand new job waiting for you in NY? Not too bright!
Ladies can’t even travel alone anymore. No cameras in the city?
Heartbreaking to hear her family member very upset and worried. Anytime you go on a major trip, please tell your loved ones and track your locations….
America is a dangerous land
She probably in tijuana right now
I just read that her father committed suicide either today or yesterday. This case just keeps getting more bizarre.
I thought she was in LA because it was just a layover. Layovers are not days. So she met someone online and decided to meet him during her brief layover. If true, then she might have met a trafficker. I would search Mexico, get the videos at the border crossing. But her dad goes over a building before she is found dead or alive. I thought he was trying to find his daughter but commits a selfish act.
I read she was a photographer, did she have expensive equipment with her that could be stolen? Try checking ebay, fb marketplace etc to see if anyone is trying to sell her camera
Her father was found dead as well. He allegedly jumped from a parking garage near LAX. Something’s off here.
Has she been found yet? 🙂↔️😔🥺
This case is weird 😕 😐
are the parents married or?? cause now he’s dead….
Mom is quiet. Aunt is speaking. Also, she is sitting in the middle. Dad was holding hands with aunt in another interview with other channel. Whats going on? He apparently committed suicide today. He was speaking about his missing daughter in the past tense.
Prayers
Why did her dad tell take his own life if he’s searching for her?
Why did the father commit suicide??
And then her dad committed suicide
I feel so bad
This lady is so annoying.
Oscar de la Hoya and his friends know exactly where that girl is
When searching you feel useless,you feel its all your fault and your mind comes up with the worst scenarios and you feel like no one cares,,so he did it to bring more awareness to his daughters case,thats the ultimate father but he wouldve left recording or a note possibly for hisvimmediate loved ones.Rip Ryan Kobeyashi