Hannah Kobayashi, who gained national attention after her disappearance from LAX, has returned to the United States.
Kobayashi, 31, crossed the border from Mexico into California over the weekend, where she was questioned by U.S. officials who asked if she was okay, a source said. TMZ.
She appeared to be healthy when she met her lawyer at the border before leaving with him.
The Hawaii woman contacted family members Wednesday to tell them she was fine after disappearing from Los Angeles International Airport in November.
While she was missing, her father, Ryan Kobayashi, took his own life by jumping from a building structure near LAX after traveling to California to help authorities search for her.
He was tragically found dead at the back of a parking lot around 4 a.m. on November 24, just over two weeks after his daughter was reported missing.
Hannah Kobayashi, who gained national attention after her disappearance from LAX, has returned to the US.
While she was missing, her father, Ryan Kobayashi, took his own life by jumping from a building structure near LAX after traveling to California to help authorities search for her.
He was on his way to New York from his home on the Hawaiian island of Maui, when he decided to walk out of Los Angeles International Airport and disappear.
She was not alone on that flight. She was en route to the Big Apple alongside her new Green Card husband, Alan Cacace, a native of Argentina, in an attempt to fool immigration officials into believing their marriage was genuine, DailyMail.com previously revealed.
And, on that same flight, her ex-boyfriend Amun Miranda joined them with his own Green Card wife, Marianne, who turned out to be Cacace’s girlfriend.
This messy square of love, all together on the same plane, was only possible because Cacace had supposedly given Kobayashi $15,000 with the promise of a similar sum once he was issued immigration documents allowing him to remain in the United States.
Their fake marriage ruse was already underway after they tied the knot in October. Photos of the ceremony were shown to Kobayashi’s colleagues at Up ‘N Smoke, the Maui smoke shop where he worked.
The 31-year-old Hawaii woman contacted family members on Wednesday to say she was fine after disappearing from Los Angeles International Airport in November.
Kobayashi with her ex-boyfriend Amun Miranda seen at a 2023 Christmas party
“There was no secret,” Desiree, a co-worker, told DailyMail.com. “She told us her plans.”
“The Argentinian couple wanted to embark on the trip at the last minute because it presented the opportunity to take photos of their ‘romantic vacation,'” Desiree explained.
But the group dynamic quickly became complicated.
Kobayashi’s colleagues told DailyMail.com that she had mixed feelings about taking the trip: She was excited to check off a place on her bucket list where she could see her relatives, but also frustrated at having to share her flight with her ex-boyfriend Miranda. .
His co-workers also divulged that Cacace and his girlfriend were also a point of contention for the previously missing woman, who did not want either of them to come on this trip.
Kobayashi allegedly told them that he did not want to waste time taking photographs but would reluctantly sacrifice a day of his planned weekly vacation to accommodate their wishes.
And then there was Marianne, who Kobayashi had a recent fight with over her jealousy over marrying her boyfriend Cacace.
“I remember Hannah saying her girlfriend had a problem with her,” Desiree said. ‘And Hannah said, girl, I’m not trying to steal your man. This is an agreement we all talked about beforehand.’
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