Yet another eerie twist has emerged in the search for Hannah Kobayashi, the 31-year-old who disappeared after missing a connecting flight at LAX earlier this month. Kobayashi’s aunt, Larie Pidgeon, revealed Tuesday night that cops are investigating a pair of strange Venmo payments she made on Nov.

Hannah Kobayashi's distraught sister has claimed that someone was "controlling her" prior to her flight to Los Angeles before she disappeared

The 31-year-old missing Hawaii woman's family has been examining her previous text messages, social media posts, Venmo transactions and some security footage to figure out what happened.

The 31-year-old had texted a friend saying she “got tricked into pretty much giving away all my funds,” before a follow-up claimed she was supposedly hoodwinked “for someone I thought

Hannah's sister, Sydni Kobayashi, said that the payments were made to individuals whose names were unfamiliar to the family.

Hannah Kobayashi was involved in many creative and entrepreneurial projects before the 30-year-old disappeared this month. She was headed to New York to photograph a performance, but never got on a flight she was supposed to take,

But now, Hannah's sister has made a fresh claim about her final text messages. Sydni Kobayashi believes that someone else got a hold of Hannah's phone, revealing to NewsNation that it felt 'like someone was controlling her', as rumours of the 31-year-old being kidnapped continue to circulate.

The search continues for Hannah Kobayashi, a Hawaiian woman who disappeared after missing a connecting flight to New York.

Hannah Kobayashi made the payments to a man and woman on November 9, a day after she missed a connecting flight to New York and stayed back in Los Angeles.

The Hawaii woman was last seen in downtown Los Angeles on Nov. 11, according to her family, who said her father took his life after traveling to search for her.