Search continues for Hannah Kobayashi, missing in Los Angeles for a week: Timeline

LOS ANGELES ? The search continues for a missing woman presumed to be in Los Angeles as her family holds out hope more than a week since her disappearance.

Hannah Kobayashi, 31, was last heard from Nov. 11 after she had missed a connecting flight from Maui to New York City at Los Angeles International Airport days earlier on Nov. 8, her family says.

Larie Pidgeon, Kobayashi's aunt, previously told USA TODAY that the family was alarmed when they received texts from Kobayashi that were out of character. Pidgeon elaborated in an interview Tuesday night that odd phrases and a lack of emojis in the messages set off alarm bells.

"None of them have a single (emoji). I know that sounds like a small detail, but to us, that's huge," Pidgeon said. "Even though she was in contact with us, she wasn't in contact with us in her right mind."

Screenshots shared with USA TODAY show Kobayashi sending messages on Nov. 11 that read, "Omw to the airport ... I have a safe passage," and "Matrix style ... I'm safe ... For the good of all ... I will keep you posted."

The family is organizing a volunteer canvas this week in the area near where Kobayashi was last seen. Pidgeon called the effort by volunteers in Los Angeles to find Kobayashi "super heartwarming."

"Los Angeles is coming out of the woodwork to help us," Pidgeon said. "She might have been lost in LA, but LA is trying to find her."

Hannah Kobayashi disappearance timeline

• November 8: Kobayashi misses a connecting flight from Maui to New York City at Los Angeles International Airport. She's seen on airport security cameras and leaves the airport wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, tie-dye leggings and a dark green backpack.

• November 9: Kobayashi is seen by employees at the Taschen bookstore at The Grove shopping center in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles around noon.

• November 10: Kobayashi is again seen at The Grove, this time on video at a Nike event around 3:40 p.m. She posts a photo from the event to her Instagram the same day.

• November 11: Kobayashi returns to LAX but does not board a flight, according to the family, citing airport staffers. Her phone, which has an Audrey Hepburn case, was last pinged at LAX but has not been found.

  • Pidgeon told USA TODAY Tuesday that Kobayashi spoke to an American Airlines ticketing agent between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. USA TODAY reached out to American Airlines and did not immediately receive a response.

  • Kobayashi is then seen on surveillance cameras near the Pico Metro station in downtown Los Angeles around 10 p.m., Pidgeon told USA TODAY Sunday in conjunction with the family releasing a statement. The family said in the statement that "it is evident that Hannah does not appear to be in good condition and she is not alone." They didn't elaborate. The Metro station is near Crypto.com Arena and serves the A and E lines of the Los Angeles Metro.

• November 12: Kobayashi's family files a missing person report with the Los Angeles Police Department. USA TODAY has reached out to LAPD for more information.

Kobayashi is described as 5 feet, 10 inches tall, weighing about 140 pounds and has brown hair and eyes, and fair skin with freckles.

Family holds out hope a week after disappearance

Pidgeon said that while the family remains hopeful to find Kobayashi and is following leads provided through a tip line. The fact that she has been missing for over a week has caused the family to prepare for multiple outcomes.

"We have to face some real realizations that this could be an abduction, this could be trafficking, this could be every worst nightmare that you think of," Pidgeon said. "The reason that we have to do that is because now we have to take other avenues, and it's become a reality that we have to face."

When asked what she would say to Kobayashi, Pidgeon reiterated that the family is not giving up hope.

"If you are safe, if this just happens to be, you know, a flibbertigibbet, just call us. We love you," Pidgeon said. "If someone has her, please don't harm her. She's amazing, she's kind, she's loving and if she met you on the street, she would help you. So please, please, please, do not hurt her and give us back to her. No questions asked."

Anyone with information on Kobayashi's whereabouts is asked to call Los Angeles police at 1-877-527-3247 or The Rad Movement at 619-904-0840.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Search for Hannah Kobayashi continues in Los Angeles: Timeline