Hey, we are following breaking news happening right now.
The LAPD is saying they have new information about the
disappearance of Hannah Kobayashi, who vanished after she missed a
connecting flight from LAX to New York.
Right now, they are talking about reviewing new surveillance video
that may have led them to believe that her whereabouts
are possibly in Mexico.
Let's take a listen through to New York.
She requested her bag be sent to her at LAX
where we have surveillance footage of her retrieving it from
the baggage carousel on November 11th.
LAPD Missing Persons Unit has conducted extensive witness interviews, reviewed
video surveillance, and collaborated with local and federal law enforcement
agencies on this case.
To date, the investigation has not uncovered any evidence that
Kobayashi is being trafficked or is the victim of foul
play.
She is also not a suspect in any criminal activity.
Additionally, the investigators noted that before departing Maui, Kobayashi expressed
the desire to step away from modern connectivity.
Our priority is ensuring Miss Kobayashi's safety and well-being, and
we urge Miss Kobayashi to contact her family, law enforcement,
or personnel at the US Embassy to let us know
that she is safe.
She has a right to her privacy and we respect
her choices, but we also understand that the concern her
loved ones feel for her.
A simple message could reassure those who care about her.
While the LAPD investigation will not continue into Mexico, if
anyone has credible information about Hannah's whereabouts, please contact local
law enforcement.
If Kobayashi returns, the United States law enforcement will be
notified.
The missing person case will remain active in the Missing
and Unidentified Persons system until her safety is confirmed by
law enforcement.
Anyone with additional information regarding this case may contact the
Los Angeles Police Department at 877 LAPD 24/7 or 877-527-3247.
Anonymous tips can also be submitted to Los Angeles Regional
Crime Stoppers at www.lacrime-stoppers.org.
Let me open it up now if you have any
questions, if I cannot answer them, If the detail is
such, I will refer it to one of my partners
here.
I'm sorry, say that again at at this point that
we have not been able to determine any crime has
been committed.
That's correct.
Is there any indication from her family that there were
arguments, disagreements, problems prior to her leaving Hawaii and during
the period of the month where she's been sort of
seen nothing?
Yeah.
I mean, it's no indication that there would be anything
to to 'cause this to happen in this fashion for
her to to go off.
But like any family situation, you know, who knows what
the dynamics are.
Yeah.
Let me let me address that to Lieutenant Oldfield.
If if you would, Doug, I'll see your first and
last name, please.
Douglas Oldfield.
Douglas, last name, Oldfield.
Oldfield.
And so for those of you that are joining us
right now, what we're watching is an LAPD press conference
right now over the disappearance of Hannah Kobayashi.
She's a woman that a lot of people here in
California have been searching for for a few weeks now.
Her family issuing this tearful plea saying that they had
not heard from her.
They heard from her while she landed in Los Angeles
after a flight from Hawaii and that she they were
getting cryptic messages and then all of a sudden she
went off the grid and they believe that something sinister
had happened to her.
Today.
LAPD saying that they have looked into this.
They do not think that there was any malintent or
anything sinister has happened and they think that she may
have just wanted to break contact with her family.
They are stepping down their investigation into her disappearance and
they're asking anybody with information to please call LAPD.
We've got much more news to get to this hour.
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