Father of Missing Maui Woman, 31-Year-Old Hannah Kobayashi, Found Dead Near LAX

Nov 25, 2024, 10:35 AM

The family of 31-year-old Maui woman, Hannah Kobayashi, is searching for her after she went missing in Los Angeles nearly two weeks ago. Kobayashi was traveling from Hawaii to New York but missed her connecting flight in Los Angeles on November 8 and then vanished. Her family reported being "extremely alarmed" by surveillance video they reviewed. Amid the search, her father, 58-year-old Ryan Kobayashi, who had flown to Los Angeles to help find her, was found dead early Sunday near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) after he reportedly jumped from a parking garage near the airport. The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed his death, which is being investigated as an apparent suicide.