The Hannah Kobayashi case is getting weirder

[TJ8869]

Anyone following this story? A Hawaii woman went missing in Los Angeles on November 8. She was traveling alone on a “bucket list” trip to NYC but missed her connecting flight at LAX.

Shortly after that her family started receiving strange text messages from her, saying she was afraid and thought someone had stolen all her money and was trying to steal her identity. Her family isn’t sure if she was the one sending the messages or if someone else had gotten ahold of her phone. All attempts to call her went straight to voicemail and they haven’t heard from her since.

Her father flew to Los Angeles to look for her but now he has turned up dead. His body was found in a parking lot near LAX. He apparently jumped from a parking structure.

Father of missing Hawaii woman found dead in apparent suicide in Los Angeles: LAPD

Ryan Kobayashi, the father of a missing Hawaii woman, has died after an apparent suicide, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

www.nbclosangeles.com

 

[HROT]

4 AM is super late/early to kill your self

 

[BioHawk]

Yikes. Sounds like they need to call this guy:

 

[TJ8869]

4 AM is super late/early to kill your self

When your daughter has been missing for two weeks you don’t exactly stick to a 9 to 5 schedule.

 

[OrlandNole]

It seems odd that he would commit suicide without knowing his daughter's fate. I wonder if they have camera footage in the garage?

 

[lonestar50]

The dad has something to do with the disappearance and now the guilt made him throw himself off the parking garage.

The no pic wife may have me watching too much Dateline, 20/20, etc though

 

[fredjr82]

I always prefer when Dateline wraps it up into a nice little 60 min story for me. Sounds like this one will be a good one though!

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

The dad has something to do with the disappearance and now the guilt made him throw himself off the parking garage.

I hate to be a cynic, but this is a pretty good guess.

 

[onlyTheObvious]

Her brother could eat hotdogs like crazy.

 

[Gus is dead]

Her brother could eat hotdogs like crazy.

More importantly, how will this affect the fact her family will one day play a role in inventing the most difficult Star Fleet Academy test ever invented? Does this change the course of history?

 

[TJ8869]

The dad has something to do with the disappearance and now the guilt made him throw himself off the parking garage.

The no pic wife may have me watching too much Dateline, 20/20, etc though

I hadn’t even considered that possibility, but there may be something to it.

My first two thoughts were either 1) the people who took his daughter killed him and made it look like a suicide, or 2) the stress overwhelmed him and/or he got really drunk or high and did something he wouldn’t have done if he was in his right mind.

 

[onlyTheObvious]

More importantly, how will this affect the fact her family will one day play a role in inventing the most difficult Star Fleet Academy test ever invented? Does this change the course of history?

The library in Riverside will have the answer if you can wait long enough.

 

[ThorneStockton]

I find it weird that the story doesn't mention if she was wearing a Fitbit or not.

 

[Mister_Man]

I always prefer when Dateline wraps it up into a nice little 60 min story for me. Sounds like this one will be a good one though!

Interesting 48 hours. The most shocking part was the booking photo of the killer's girlfriend.

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[davenporter]

Her brother could eat hotdogs like crazy.

Gotta admit that made me lol

 

[Titanhawk2]

It was Keyser Soze

 

[Fan In Black]

The dad has something to do with the disappearance and now the guilt made him throw himself off the parking garage.

The no pic wife may have me watching too much Dateline, 20/20, etc though

Occams razor

 

[Bulldogs1974]

maybe he figured out who it was and they tossed him over in an apparent suicide.

 

[JMNSHO]

Bucket list trip at 30yo? Don’t go anywhere near the bucket at that age if you don’t have to. Looks like she got too close to the bucket, accidentally kicked it, and it hit her dad.

 

[Nole-4-Life]

Occams razor

You think somebody cut her?

 

[VodkaSam]

Interesting 48 hours. The most shocking part was the booking photo of the killer's girlfriend.

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Thanks for posting. Hadn’t heard of this murder/case. Good quick watch

 

[onlyTheObvious]

Any chance this is some Onlyfans gone bad?

 

[dgordo]

Airport parking garages are supposed to be covered in cameras per homeland security policy. It would be unusual if there isn’t any video footage.

 

[WhiteSoxClone]

Interesting 48 hours. The most shocking part was the booking photo of the killer's girlfriend.

Yikes! I mean, from the beginning she looked like a fake hottie that caked on the makeup to try to look attractive, but holy cow. That mug shot was . . . ah . . . well, it was not good. Not good at all.

That dude must be one of the worst murders ever. Like, he had to know he would be the prime suspect and that his house, vehicle, phone, etc. would be searched. Its like it never occurred to him that the police might suspect that the killer is the baby daddy in the middle of an ugly custody dispute with the victim.

 

[Mister_Man]

Yikes! I mean, from the beginning she looked like a fake hottie that caked on the makeup to try to look attractive, but holy cow. That mug shot was . . . ah . . . well, it was not good. Not good at all.

That dude must be one of the worst murders ever. Like, he had to know he would be the prime suspect and that his house, vehicle, phone, etc. would be searched. Its like it never occurred to him that the police might suspect that the killer is the baby daddy in the middle of an ugly custody dispute with the victim.

I liked how his mom was saying he would never be so stupid in a murder. Kudos to the police for being on top of it and involving the FBI.

 

[seminoleed]

More importantly, how will this affect the fact her family will one day play a role in inventing the most difficult Star Fleet Academy test ever invented? Does this change the course of history?

I wonder how many posters will get that one.

 

[Gus is dead]

I wonder how many posters will get that one.

So far it seems not many....

 

[TheCainer]

By chance, were there any windows in that parking structure he allegedly jumped from?

 

[Hawk-A-Doodle-Doo]

Definitely sounds like a no-win scenario.

 

[Chillyhoff]

I wonder how many posters will get that one.

If you’re not cheating you’re not trying

 

[seminoleed]

If you’re not cheating you’re not trying

Or changing the rules. You can't believe in the No-Win situation.

 

[jamesvanderwulf]

I wonder how many posters will get that one.

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