Cause of death determined for Ryan Kobayashi, father of missing Hawaii woman
Amid the search for a missing Hawaii woman last seen in Los Angeles, the woman’s father was found dead Sunday near LAX, police say.
Amid the search for a missing Hawaii woman last seen in Los Angeles, the woman’s father was found dead Sunday near LAX, police say.
Amid the search for a missing Hawaii woman last seen in Los Angeles, the woman’s father was found dead Sunday near LAX, police say.
Amid the search for a missing Hawaii woman last seen in Los Angeles, the woman’s father was found dead Sunday near LAX, police say.
LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Ryan Kobayashi, the father of a Hawaii woman who is missing in Los Angeles, died over the weekend by suicide, the county coroner’s office confirmed Monday.
Kobayashi’s body was found early Sunday morning near Los Angeles International Airport. The 58-year-old had flown to Los Angeles earlier this month to help in the search for his missing daughter, 30-year-old Hannah Kobayashi.
The Los Angeles Police Department told ABC News that Ryan Kobayashi’s body was found Sunday around 4 a.m. at 6151 W. Century Blvd., a business near LAX.
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On Monday, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner issued its finding listing the manner of death as suicide and the cause as multiple blunt force traumatic injuries, indicating he was found in a parking lot.
A GoFundMe has been established to help Kobayashi’s fiancee.
A note on the page from his niece reads in part:
Cause of death determined for Ryan Kobayashi, father of missing Hawaii woman
