A Maui woman has gone missing after what was supposed to be a brief layover at LAX on a trip to New York City.

Hannah Kobayashi, 30, was last seen on November 8 when she departed her hometown of Maui, Hawaii to visit her aunt in New York City. Kobayashi was excited about the trip, her mother Brandi Yee told HawaiiNewsNow. She even wrote in her itinerary: “Bucket list dreams become a reality.”

Hannah Kobayashi sent disturbing final texts to her friends expressing worry that a shady figure was stalking her in hopes of stealing her belongings and identity

A series of troubling text messages has heightened concerns for a Hawaii woman who vanished while on her way to a “bucket list” vacation in New York City. Hannah Kobayashi, 31, was supposedly en route to see her aunt in the Big Apple when she texted a friend that she “got tricked into pretty much giving away all my funds,