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,

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Kobayashi stopped contacting her family on Nov. 11 after a string of out of character text messages that included mentions of not feeling safe and of someone attempting to steal her identity and money.

Hannah Kobayashi, the missing Hawaii woman whose disappearance prompted a massive search, has been found safe, the Los Angeles Police Department said Wednesday. Kobayashi vanished last month in Los Angeles,

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.

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. “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 we have been through,

Hannah Kobayashi, 30, was reported missing on Nov. 11 and crossed into Mexico on Nov. 12; her family announced that she was "found safe" on Dec. 11.