"This past month has been an unimaginable ordeal for our family, and we kindly ask for privacy as we take the time to heal and process everything," her sister and mom said

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Kobayashi stopped contacting her family on Nov. 11 after a string of out of character text messages that included mentions of not feeling safe and of someone attempting to steal her identity and money.

Kobayashi—whose father died by suicide amid the weekslong search for her—vanished voluntarily as she sought to “step away from modern connectivity,” said authorities in Los Angeles, who are wrapping up their investigation and considering it a “private matter.

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. “This past month has been an unimaginable ordeal for our family, and we kindly ask for privacy as we take the time to heal and process everything we have been through,

Hannah Kobayashi, the Hawaii woman who was at the center of a Southern California missing persons investigation before authorities said she voluntarily crossed into Mexico, has been found safe, her family said Wednesday.

Hannah Kobayashi, the Hawaii woman whose disappearance in Los Angeles launched a desperate search by family and friends, has been found safe in Los Angeles about a month after she voluntarily went missing,