The family of missing Hawaiian photographer Hannah Kobayashi says two suspicious Venmo payments she made to a man and woman around the time she vanished are being investigated by cops.
Kobayashi, 30, made the payments on Nov. 9 — a day after she missed a connecting flight to New York and was left stranded in Los Angeles, her aunt Larie Pidgeon told the US Sun.
One sent at 6:25 p.m. was to a woman named Veronica Almendarez and had a description of a bow-and-arrow emoji.
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The second payment was made less than an hour later — at 7:19 p.m. — to a man named Jonathan Taylor with the subject line “Reading,” which appeared to be for a tarot card reading, sources told the outlet.
“We have been made aware and so have the LAPD. It’s in their hands,” Pidgeon told the Sun.
“We are still focused on Downtown LA. Even though it’s been 15 [days] we still have hope,” she added.
The distraught aunt also said the family was asking people “across the nation to keep an eye in case she has been taken outside of California.”
“We are looking at all possibilities, hotels, metros, bus, train stations,” she added.
It was not immediately clear how much money Kobayashi sent either of the recipients, who have not been accused of any wrongdoing.
Taylor, who has since gone private on social media, did not respond to multiple requests for comment, the Sun said.
There was no mention of Almendarez.
The LAPD would only tell the Sun that it was still investigating the missing woman’s disappearance.