The family of Hannah Kobayashi, a Hawaii woman who vanished in L.A. after missing a connecting flight to New York, hit back at claims made by LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell about the case.

Hannah Kobayashi, a budding photographer from Hawaii, began heading to New York City on November 8 when she did not catch her connecting flight during a stop at Los Angeles International Airport. Her family has said that she returned to the airport on November 11, but did not board a flight.