Hannah Kobayashi was involved in many creative and entrepreneurial projects before the 30-year-old disappeared this month. She was headed to New York to photograph a performance, but never got on a flight she was supposed to take,

The 31-year-old had texted a friend saying she “got tricked into pretty much giving away all my funds,” before a follow-up claimed she was supposedly hoodwinked “for someone I thought

The Hawaii woman was last seen in downtown Los Angeles on Nov. 11, according to her family, who said her father took his life after traveling to search for her.