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(NewsNation) — The sister of missing Hawaii pistillate Hannah Kobayashi said Wednesday that the cryptic substance messages Hannah's household received whitethorn person been sent by idiosyncratic other stating it "feels similar idiosyncratic was controlling her."
"Intuitively knowing her and being truthful adjacent to her my full life, I conscionable cognize this is perfectly not similar her," Sydni Kobayashi told NewsNation's "CUOMO."
The household continues to hunt for Hannah Kobayashi, who was last seen successful Los Angeles connected Nov. 11 aft missing a connecting formation from Maui to New York.
Sydni Kobayashi pleaded for compassion and continued enactment describing her family's anguish arsenic they hunt for Hannah portion mourning the termination of their father, Ryan Kobayashi.
She revealed they are receiving thousands of tips and stay hopeful astir uncovering her, though they are cautious astir releasing details to support the ongoing investigation.
Sydni Kobayashi told NewsNation that her sister is "an astonishing and beauteous person" who would ne'er intentionally origin her household distress.
Ryan Kobayashi had been searching for his girl successful Los Angeles for astir 2 weeks earlier taking his ain life. Sydni described her begetter arsenic a "loving, caring, kind-hearted individual" who "fought until his past breath" to find his daughter.
"We inquire that you conscionable springiness our household immoderate grace," Sydni said. "Imagine if it was your loved one."
The disappearance of Hannah Kobayashi
Kobayashi was last seen connected Nov. 11 aft missing a connecting formation from Maui to New York portion traveling to sojourn her aunt.
She was reportedly seen astatine the Grove buying promenade and astatine a LeBron James lawsuit earlier sending cryptic substance messages claiming she had been "tricked" and that "Deep State hackers" had stolen her funds.
The household said they recovered the texts suspicious and her telephone appeared to person been turned disconnected aft sending them. Kobayashi was past seen again the pursuing time astatine Los Angeles International Airport, speaking to a summons agent.
Kobayashi made 2 Venmo payments connected Nov. 9 — 1 with a bow-and-arrow emoji and different with the connection "reading."
Later that day, Kobayashi was captured connected surveillance exiting the subway strategy adjacent the stadium wherever the LA Lakers play. That metro halt is not connected the aforesaid enactment that goes to LAX, meaning she would person had to alteration lines to get to that area.
Searching for Hannah Kobayashi
Kobayashi was successful areas with important video surveillance that constabulary could beryllium reviewing to find her.
The hunt has been further analyzable by the decease of Kobayashi's father, Ryan, who took his ain beingness aft spending 13 days searching for his daughter.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department’s Missing Persons Unit, Kobayashi is 5 feet, 10 inches gangly and weighs astir 140 pounds. She has brownish hairsbreadth and eyes and just tegument with freckles arsenic good arsenic a tattoo that says “knife” connected her forearm.
Authorities proceed to analyse the disappearance. Anyone with accusation is urged to interaction section instrumentality enforcement.
NewsNation's Anna Kutz contributed to this report.
