The sister of missing 30-year-old Hannah Kobayashi said Tuesday that police’s conclusion that she was a “voluntary missing person” was unsatisfactory.

Sydni Kobayashi, appearing on “Top Story with Tom Llamas” alongside family attorney Sara Azari, said family members should have been shown the video that Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell said during a news conference Monday night , which shows Hannah crossing from Mexico alone in a pedestrian port of entry into San Diego on November 12th.

McDonnell said there was not much more the department could do and classified the case as a voluntary department case where a crime was not suspected.

“We’re just as confused and just as frustrated as everything else right now,” Sydni Kobayashi said.

Azari agreed, wondering how the LAPD could come to such a conclusion without involving those closest to Hannah, who disappeared after landing at Los Angeles International Airport from Honolulu on November 8 and taking a connecting flight to their final destination, New York City.

“They just came to that conclusion … without showing them any footage,” the lawyer said, referring to family members. “You have to do a lot more research and investigation to say it’s voluntary.”

Sydni Kobayashi said she still fears Hannah, who is from Maui, could be a victim of human trafficking, which McDonnell said Monday is not suspected. She said she couldn’t imagine how Hannah could lose contact with her nearly a month after she left Hawaii.

“She was always closer to me than anyone else in our lives,” she said.

The LAPD did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the sister’s comments Tuesday evening.

Azari said the family would send supporters to search for Hannah in Mexico.

Meanwhile, her sister urged Hannah to get in touch.

“I cannot emphasize enough how much you are loved and supported,” she said. “We are very worried about you. No matter what situation you find yourself in, you always have a home to return to.”

The family has kept the case alive for three weeks while dealing with fear, threats and tragedy, and now its members must grapple with the possibility that Kobayashi may have wanted to be left alone.

A collective statement from Hannah’s family on Tuesday was less suspicious, as they expressed gratitude to police and said the search would continue, if only to ensure her safety.

“The search is far from over and we are committed to doing everything we can to bring her home safely,” the statement said.

On Monday evening, McDonnell said he saw the need for relatives to communicate with Hannah and urged them to come forward.

“She has a right to her privacy and we respect her decisions, but we also understand the concern her loved ones feel for her,” he said. “A simple message could reassure those who care.”

After missing her connecting flight, Hannah spent the next few days sightseeing in LA, sending text messages to relatives that one family member described as “alarming,” and she was captured on security video with an unidentified man, according to one Family chronicles posted on Facebook and Facebook show other statements from relatives.

McDonnell said at Monday’s news conference that her family reported her missing on Nov. 13 and the LAPD took over the case two days later.

In an interview last month, Aunt Larie Pidgeon said that Hannah was looking forward to spending time at art and photography locations in New York as she wants to become an artist and photographer.

She said Hannah’s last text message to the family, around November 11, worried her members. That day, according to family and police, security video also surfaced showing Hannah in the company of an unknown man.

“Hannah’s last message to us was alarming – she mentioned that she was scared and that someone might try to steal her money and identity,” the aunt said on Facebook last month.

On the morning of Nov. 12, Hannah was seen unaccompanied at a Greyhound bus terminal at Union Station, the train depot in downtown Los Angeles, according to police.

According to police, at 12:13 p.m. that day, U.S. Customs and Border Protection video showed Kobayashi intentionally entering Mexico at one of the busy land ports in San Diego. She hasn’t been seen since.

Family members said they were surprised and frustrated when the LAPD chief, as part of his routine reporting duties, told the city’s Police Commission last week that Kobayashi intentionally missed her connecting flight on Nov. 8, NBC Los Angeles reported. They said they had not been informed of the discovery until then, according to the station.

In their statement on Tuesday, the family praised the police: “We are deeply grateful for the urgency and commitment of law enforcement in the investigation of Hannah’s disappearance,” they said.

On Monday evening, McDonnell announced that Hannah was voluntarily separated from her everyday world and is not the subject of human trafficking or crime.

He also said her luggage, which was headed to New York City, was rerouted to Los Angeles International Airport, where she picked it up the day before crossing to Mexico.

Lt. Douglas Oldfield of the police Missing Persons Unit said at the news conference that investigators who checked her social media concluded that Kobayashi “wanted to disconnect,” although not with complete certainty.

Family members, including Kobayashi’s father Ryan, gathered in Los Angeles starting in mid-November to lead voluntary searches and find out her whereabouts, it said.

On November 24, her father died by suicide near Los Angeles International Airport. The Los Angeles County coroner said in preliminary findings that the 58-year-old died as a result of multiple blunt force injuries.

“I’m very sorry to the family for everything they’ve been through,” McDonnell said Monday night.

Family and supporters paused their “Help Us Find Hannah” Facebook page in search of Kobayshi after saying in a statement on Sunday that it was a channel for attacks and threats against loved ones.

Other relatives said the news that Kobayashi may be isolating herself from her everyday world has not redirected their search, as they still feel the need to know, without doubt or theory, that she is safe.

“We want answers and a solution that ensures Hannah’s safety and urge law enforcement and the public to remain focused on finding her and avoid speculative conclusions,” the family said in their statement Tuesday.

The statement continued: “Raising awareness and sharing verified information about her case is critical, and we greatly appreciate your continued support in these efforts.”

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