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Going West: True Crime

Hannah Kobayashi // 456

Going West: True Crime

Dark West Productions

True Crime, News, Society & Culture

4.610.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

On Friday, November 8, 2024, a 30-year-old Maui woman on her way to New York missed her connecting flight in Los Angeles. While attempting to get on a standby flight for the weekend, she ventured out into Los Angeles, having been spotted around the city. But when Monday arrived, her family received some strange text messages from her before she was caught on surveillance footage with an unknown man Downtown. Her family is adamant that she is in danger, as she hasn't been heard from since. GOFUNDME: https://www.gofundme.com/f/4fmxej-support-the-search-for-hannah-kobayashi If you have ANY information regarding her whereabouts, PLEASE contact the Los Angeles Police Department at 1-877-527-3247. Those wishing to remain anonymous are urged to call the Los Angeles Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, or go to lacrimestoppers.org.

Transcript

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0:00.0

What is going on true crime fans? I'm your host Heath and I'm your host Daphne.

0:18.6

And you're listening to going west hello everybody today's

0:22.9

episode is a major call to action because this case is happening right now in los angeles so we're going

0:30.2

to run through the details that we do know and piece together a timeline for everybody you know

0:34.9

this story originally popped up on my phone here in l.a as a citizen notification the other day which is by the way a safety for everybody. You know, this story originally popped up on my phone here in LA as a

0:37.9

citizen notification the other day, which is, by the way, a safety network app. And, you know,

0:42.5

it was talking about her disappearance. And that just felt so huge because they have been

0:46.8

updating it all week on her disappearance. And all week, we've also gotten a ton of recommendations

0:51.7

for this story. So many of you on socials and on email,

0:55.7

actually way too many to name. So big thank you to everybody who has been following Hannah's

1:00.2

story and sending it into us. Yes, and we will mention that due to this case still being an

1:05.7

active investigation, law enforcement has decided to keep some of these details close to the

1:10.6

vest in order to not, you know, hinder any progress that they've made thus far.

1:14.7

But we have spoken to Hannah's family, and it is incredibly important to share this episode because they are desperate for answers.

1:23.1

So please, if you listen to the show, you love this show, do us a massive favor, do Hannah's family

1:29.1

a massive favor, and share, share, share. Yeah, you guys know that Heath and I love covering

1:34.3

cases like this that are happening now to help spread the word, but this one is just hitting

1:38.6

very close to home for us. Her family is here in LA, actively trying to find her. So we need to help get this story

1:45.7

out there now. So without further ado, all right, guys, this is episode 456 of going west,

1:53.7

so let's get into it.

2:17.1

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