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.

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.

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 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 Kobayashi has been missing since November 8 when she stopped over at LAX on her way from Hawaii to New York

Hannah Kobayashi sent some strange text messages to her family, but her sister believes they may have been from someone “controlling her.”

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,

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

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.