Volunteers Join Search for Woman From Hawaii Missing in LA for Weeks as Her Father Is Found Dead

A flyer with information on Hannah Kobayashi, currently missing, is displayed in Los Angeles on Nov. 21, 2024. Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo

LOS ANGELES—Volunteers have joined a search in Los Angeles for Hannah Kobayashi, a 30-year-old woman from Hawaii who went missing more than two weeks ago after not making a connecting flight to New York. Kobayashi’s father, Ryan Kobayashi, who had been in the search party, was found dead Sunday in a parking lot near LA International Airport by apparent suicide, police and her family said.

Here are the latest developments in the case:

What happened?

Hannah Kobayashi, a budding photographer from Maui, was heading to New York City on Nov. 8 for a new job and to visit relatives. During a stop at Los Angeles International Airport, she missed her connecting flight and told her family she would sleep in the airport that night.