Hannah Kobayashi, a budding photographer from Hawaii, was heading to New York City on November 8 when she missed 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.

Hannah Kobayashi intentionally missed her connecting flight from Los Angeles to New York City, according to the LAPD, but her family disagrees.

Ariana Ursua, a 30-year-old freelancer from Hawaii, told the New York Post that her friend had a “very distinct way of messaging.”

The woman, 30, disappeared days after she missed her connecting flight to New York City from Los Angeles on Nov. 8