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(NewsNation) — A caller twist successful the voluntary missing idiosyncratic enigma involving Hannah Kobayashi reveals the 31-year-old Maui pistillate whitethorn person been caught up successful a greenish paper fake matrimony scam, which the FBI is investigating.
Kobayashi has been the halfway of a monolithic hunt since she vanished successful Los Angeles past period aft missing a connecting formation from LAX to New York connected Nov. 8. Police aboriginal ruled this a voluntary missing person lawsuit aft reviewing video footage of the pistillate crossing the borderline into Mexico connected foot.
Recently, photos of what appears to beryllium Kobayashi getting joined person circulated connected societal media.
“A Facebook idiosyncratic sent what looked similar a Hawaiian formation wedding photograph of Hannah with different antheral with leis astir their necks wearing white, and they said that they learned disconnected of Reddit that determination was this sham matrimony for wealth and that this is the wedding representation that's being circulated connected Reddit,” said Sara Azari, the Kobayashi household attorney, to NewsNation. “Of course, that came arsenic a daze to Hannah's sister.”
Los Angeles Magazine, citing unnamed sources, said Kobayashi whitethorn person been progressive successful a concealed matrimony crippled for money. The mag characterized the matrimony arsenic an migration strategy wherever Hannah was tricked retired of the wealth that she was expected to receive.
The Argentinian antheral believed to beryllium progressive was connected the formation from Maui to LAX connected Nov. 8, and truthful was Kobayashi’s ex-boyfriend.
Her household has been pushing backmost connected police's claims that she voluntarily left, saying they recovered retired astir that video hours earlier the nationalist did.
“They’re hopeless for answers. They privation to cognize that Hannah is safe. This is not similar her to bash this, truthful they're conscionable overwhelmed and successful daze and concerned,” Azari said. “We present person to beryllium the LAPD here, which is wherefore I came successful with my team. We are going to person to spell to Mexico.”
Kobayashi was headed from Hawaii to New York but missed her connecting formation successful Los Angeles. She spent a fewer days successful LA, and her household said they received bizarre texts from her connected Nov. 11. Texts said things like, “I got hacked, stripped of my identity, I can't fly.”
The household says Hannah's telephone has been disconnected since then, which was besides the time her household reported her missing. One time later, connected Nov. 12, Hannah was seen connected video crossing into Mexico astir noon by herself and with luggage.
The household flew to California to hunt for her. Hannah's father, Ryan Kobayashi, died by suicide connected Nov. 24 aft days of searching for his daughter.
The household is asking the nationalist successful the U.S. and Mexico to beryllium connected the lookout for Hannah and not to disregard the lawsuit conscionable due to the fact that constabulary accidental she near voluntarily.
