Hannah Kobayashi Speaks Out After Vanishing From LAX

Hannah Kobayashi Speaks Out After Vanishing From Lax

Hannah Kobayashi just broke her silence—and yeah, the internet is listening.

You remember her. The 31-year-old Hawaiian photographer who vanished at LAX last year like she was in an episode of Dateline. One missed flight. No phone. No trace.

People freaked out. TikTok detectives lost their minds. Her family was begging for answers. And in a heartbreaking twist—her father, Ryan Kobayashi, died by suicide while trying to find her.

Flash-forward: she was found alive in Mexico after a month-long search. Now, she’s finally speaking up.

“I know my truth,” Hannah posted on Instagram, adding she was “deceived by someone she thought she loved” and ended up crossing into Mexico—on foot.

The LAPD marked her as a “voluntary missing person” and closed the case, but the public didn’t. Some supported her. Some dragged her. Some wanted every detail, yesterday.

But Hannah’s keeping it chill—for now. She’s back home. Posting again. Processing everything.

And while she hasn’t addressed her father’s death directly, she’s dropped lines like “grief is not linear” and “healing is not performance.”

It’s clear she’s not here for the clout. She’s not trying to cash in. She just wants people to feel something. Whether you stan her or side-eye the story, one thing’s for sure—Hannah Kobayashi is back, and she’s not hiding anymore.