A series of text messages has raised concerns for a Hawaii woman who vanished while on her way to a 'bucket list' vacation in New York City. 31-year-old Hannah Kobayashi was reportedly en route to see her aunt in the Big Apple when she texted a friend that she 'got tricked into pretty much giving away all my funds', according to her concerned family, who spoke with HawaiiNewNow.
In a second message, Kobayashi told the friend that she was supposedly hoodwinked “for someone I thought I loved," New York Post reported. Kobayashi further claimed that ' deep hackers' had stolen her identity and her money, then suggested that she might go to a homeless shelter, or catch a bus 'to the redwoods' while apologising for the 'craziness'.
She reportedly flew from Maui to Los Angeles on November 8, and was supposed to take a connecting flight to New York. Reports suggest that surveillance footage showed her arriving in LA, but she missed her connecting flight 42 minutes later.
"I didn’t hear from her," said Kobayashi’s mother, Brandi Yee. “I texted her, ‘Hey, are you in New York City yet?’ She just texted me, ‘Not yet.’
Kobayashi was excited about the trip to New York with her aunt and had even created a handwritten itinerary, including the note, “bucket list dreams become a reality,” her mom said.
However, a short video appeared to show that Kobayashi was still in Los Angeles on Saturday, where she was spotted at an event, according to HawaiiNewsNow. Her phone has been switched off since Monday, when her last pinned location put her back at LAX.