PHOTO: Journalist confirmed Hannah Kobayashi sent $25 to Johnathan Taylor through Venmo on November 9th which was used by a South African spiritual advisor named Bayoli

The 31-year-old from Maui, Hawaii, was an early-career photographer who was traveling to New York for an assignment, according to her aunt Larie Pidgeon. Kobayashi had sent her mother a detailed itinerary of her stay in New York, listing places she would eat at and museums she planned to visit, Pidgeon said in an interview with News Nation. Kobayashi had paid “a couple thousand dollars” for a hotel reservation, she added. READ MORE HERE

The Kobayashi family issued a statement expressing grief and asking the public to focus on the search for Hannah Kobayashi.

Hannah was last seen wearing black leggings, a tie-dye sweatshirt and a green backpack.

Any information regarding her whereabouts should be reported to LAPD.