Literal ghoul who caused her father's suicide says "we all need to be kinder"

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Hannah Kobayashi is speaking out about dealing with loss almost six months after her father, Ryan Kobayashi, died by suicide.

Hannah, 30, from Hawaii, made headlines around the country when she left Maui on Nov. 8, 2024, before going missing after failing to catch a connecting flight to New York City from Los Angeles.

Her family eventually revealed on Dec. 11 that Hannah had been "found safe," following what police eventually called a "voluntary" disappearance into Mexico during her travels. She returned to the U.S. four days later.

Amid the weeks-long search for his missing daughter, Ryan Kobayashi, 58, who had traveled to L.A. to look for her, was found dead in a parking lot near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Nov. 24, two weeks after Hannah went missing.

His cause of death was multiple blunt force traumatic injuries, according to the County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner's report previously reviewed by PEOPLE, and the manner of death was listed as suicide.

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Hannah has since returned to Instagram and spoke about "loss and pain and suffering" in an Instagram Stories post over the weekend, which has since disappeared, per SFGate and a video shared by the Daily Mail.

In the clip, she thanked “every single person who dedicated time and energy into looking for me" amid the search, adding, “Every day is such a gift, especially after such loss and pain and suffering. We should all learn to be kind to one another,” without directly referencing her father.

Hannah told SFGate on Monday, May 19, that she would eventually share more details regarding her disappearance.

“Given my particular situation on the other side of my experience, I understand how some people would choose to cast me in a negative light, but I know who I am, I know my truth and one day, I will share it,” she said over Instagram, per the outlet.

“I do believe that we can all learn to be kinder to one another because we never really know what someone else has been through unless we’ve walked in their shoes,” Hannah added, the publication stated.

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