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Father of Maui woman who vanished in Los Angeles found dead near LAX
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Posted on 11/25/2024 11:30:38 AM PST by BenLurkin

Ryan Kobayashi, father of a 31-year-old Maui woman who vanished in Los Angeles nearly two weeks ago, was found dead near LAX early Sunday morning, officials confirmed.

Ryan and other family members traveled to Los Angeles to search for his daughter, Hannah Kobayashi, who disappeared shortly after missing a connecting flight at LAX.

On Monday, Nov. 18, Ryan spoke with KTLA in hopes of reaching his daughter. “I miss her,” he said. “Just want her to know that, and just want her to reach out – anything.”

Hannah’s family has not heard from her since Nov. 10, and her last known location was in downtown Los Angeles near the Pico Metro Station on Nov. 11.

On Sunday, Nov. 24, Los Angeles Police said officers responded to the 6100 block of Century Boulevard around 4 a.m. Sunday for a report of a death in the area.

While LAPD did not release any details about the cause of death, a nonprofit that is believed to be aiding in the search provided a statement on behalf of the family.

“The Kobayashi family endured a devastating tragedy today,” wrote the RAD Movement. “After tirelessly searching throughout Los Angeles for 13 days, Hannah’s father, Ryan Kobayashi, tragically took his own life. This loss has compounded the family’s suffering immeasurably.”

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: california; hannahkobayashi
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1 posted on 11/25/2024 11:30:38 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Well that is extremely disturbing


2 posted on 11/25/2024 11:35:01 AM PST by Persevero (You cannot comply your way out of tyranny. )
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To: BenLurkin

How awful! His poor family. Why would he put them through that?


3 posted on 11/25/2024 11:37:10 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (🎶 They're eating the dogs. They're eating the cats. 🎶)
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To: MayflowerMadam

One gets to know people after 25 years on the same board.

I know or am quite sure that you are a very strong person and giving in or giving up would not be an option.

I’m a little unstable sometimes in case none have noticed :)

I don’t know how I would act in the face of devastation.

And the daughter is likely gone forever...he should have toughed it out.

But not everyone is built the same.

So sad all around


4 posted on 11/25/2024 11:43:32 AM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Maybe he has a role in his daughters death or her missing. Like I mentioned previously, I don’t think she ever left Hawaii. I think someone else was using her phone in LA


5 posted on 11/25/2024 11:46:08 AM PST by spacejunkie2001
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6 posted on 11/25/2024 11:46:31 AM PST by montag813
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To: spacejunkie2001

I would think that there would be plenty of proof available as to whether or not she made flight to LA. There must be tons of video surveillance.


7 posted on 11/25/2024 11:48:40 AM PST by Revel
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To: spacejunkie2001

There’s something very strange about the whole story.


8 posted on 11/25/2024 12:05:08 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: MayflowerMadam
How awful! His poor family. Why would he put them through that?

He has a Japanese name.

This was an answer on Quora when I searched to see if seppuku still happens.

In 2001, Isao Inokuma - Wikipedia, who was a judo gold medalist of Tokyo olympic committed seppuku when his construction company was about to file for bankruptcy.

Also in 1999, Japanese Worker Kills Himself Near Company President's Office as a protest against company’s restructuring. When the current emperor dies, it is probable that few from ultra right wing group will do the deeds as well.

It will happen whether Japan is traditional or not. The point of seppuku is that it is one of the most agonising way to commit suicide.

So this is the only option for someone who feel compelled to exit but can’t take “coward” way of jumping, slitting wrist, pill or hanging.

It would be as rare as someone committing self immolation. But, it won’t die out because it has a point.

A Los Angeles TV station said Kobayashi died after he jumped off from a parking structure near LAX sometime around 4 a.m. on Sunday, police confirmed.
9 posted on 11/25/2024 12:13:36 PM PST by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: BenLurkin

Runaway, unstable woman, possibly on drugs, has psychotic break, goes to l.a. where she is abused by local scum bags....Father doesn’t sound like a well grounded person either but her, cryptic messages, seem paranoid
...can understand the grief, but father killing himself doesn’t sound right. One can’t help daughter if dead...maybe he discovered her and she or her captures killed him.
My guess:
..psychotic daughter runs away, sketchy Dad kills himself due to grief...daughter at large hiding in plain site on streets or shelter..
IMHO only
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10 posted on 11/25/2024 12:16:15 PM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: BenLurkin

this whole story is crazy.


11 posted on 11/25/2024 12:20:19 PM PST by ronniesgal ( he's back, baby!)
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To: spacejunkie2001

Certainly very odd circumstances.

And, sad.


12 posted on 11/25/2024 12:20:32 PM PST by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: BenLurkin

Maybe he was suicided.


13 posted on 11/25/2024 12:35:11 PM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: BenLurkin

If he was of Japanese blood he very possibly felt responsible for his daughter’s plight and did what the Japanese are sometimes known to do in such a situation.


14 posted on 11/25/2024 12:35:13 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: higgmeister

That very last sentence is as grim as it gets. Is that what happened? Another layer of mystery and unanswerable questions has now been added


15 posted on 11/25/2024 12:35:28 PM PST by lee martell
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To: Getready

I think he was killed. Father doesn’t stop looking for his daughter.


16 posted on 11/25/2024 12:43:51 PM PST by Engedi
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To: lee martell
I suppose I should have given the link:

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/father-missing-hawaii-woman-dies-in-apparent-suicide-in-los-angeles-lapd/3568112/

17 posted on 11/25/2024 12:48:55 PM PST by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: spacejunkie2001

That’s possible. The whole situation had a hinky aspect to it.

It would’ve been easier to pull off decades ago when flight restrictions weren’t so tight. Now, a person pretty much has to be connected to a ticket, etc.

I guess I just think Dad couldn’t endure the pain any mor, and what he thought he had to do to stop it.

The whole situation is tragic on many levels.


18 posted on 11/25/2024 12:50:14 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (🎶 They're eating the dogs. They're eating the cats. 🎶)
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To: montag813

As liberals will do, he cheated.


19 posted on 11/25/2024 12:51:39 PM PST by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: Revel

Or not, right? We’ve seen no video of her in LA. The only evidence, as I’ve heard, is her phone was pinging from there and messages from her phone said she was there. Could easily have been someone else posing as her


20 posted on 11/25/2024 1:00:18 PM PST by spacejunkie2001
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