Warning: This article contains discussion of suicide which some readers may find distressing.
The father of a woman who went missing in Los Angeles after seemingly missing her connecting flight to New York spoke out before he was found dead days later.
Hannah Kobayashi flew from Hawaii to LAX on 8 November with the intention of catching a flight to New York, with security footage spotting the 31-year-old leaving the plane.
She had flown out on the same flight as an ex-boyfriend, with the tickets booked before they had split up.
However, she didn't catch her next flight and her whereabouts at the time were unknown, though she was then spotted the following day (9 November) at The Grove Shopping Mall between midday and 3pm, and then at Taschen Books.
She sent a photo to her aunt at 2:43pm that day and then returned to the LA airport, calling her aunt after she arrived to say she was still trying to reach New York.
Ryan Kobayashi went to LA to search for his missing daughter, but was later found dead himself (ABC 7)
On 10 November, she was spotted in a YouTube video of at an event in LA featuring LeBron James, while still wearing the same clothes she'd arrived to LA in.
That afternoon she was spotted talking to a ticketing agent back at the airport, but her family then filed a missing persons report after 'uncharacteristic correspondence'.
She'd sent strange text messages, including one which read: "Deep Hackers wiped my identity, stole all of my funds, & have had me on a mind f**k since Friday."
She was seen boarding the LAX Metro C line on the night of 11 November, and then at 10:03pm spotted leaving the Metro Pico station with an unidentified individual.
On that same day, family members arrived in the city to search for her, including her father Ryan Kobayashi.
Speaking to Inside Edition about his missing daughter, he said: "I'm really just twisting and turning for the last week about what's going on.
Hannah Kobayashi (left) missed her connecting flight to New York and was stuck in LA, she then went missing (Facebook)
"It just seems like everything's coming at a blur and it's just so overwhelming at times, I wouldn't wish it on anybody."
Tragically, the 58-year-old father was found dead at the bottom of a car park in the early hours of 24 November.
NBC News reported that while the search for the missing woman continued, police had confirmed that Ryan Kobayashi died after jumping off the seventh floor of a car park.
The 58-year-old had previously told the outlet it was 'every parent's nightmare' and appealed to his daughter to 'please come home'.
In a statement to Inside Edition, the family said: "The Kobayashi family suffered a devastating tragedy today. After tirelessly searching throughout Los Angeles for 13 days, Hannah's father tragically took his own life.
"This loss has compounded the family's suffering immeasurably."
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