"This past month has been an unimaginable ordeal for our family, and we kindly ask for privacy as we take the time to heal and process everything," her sister and mom said

Kobayashi—whose father died by suicide amid the weekslong search for her—vanished voluntarily as she sought to “step away from modern connectivity,” said authorities in Los Angeles, who are wrapping up their investigation and considering it a “private matter.

Hannah Kobayashi, the Hawaii woman whose disappearance in Los Angeles launched a desperate search by family and friends, has been found safe in Los Angeles about a month after she voluntarily went missing,