Hannah Kobayashi family feud erupts over money raised to find missing photographer

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The money raised online to help find a missing young woman has reportedly caused infighting amongst her family as they row over what to do with it.During a layover at Los Angeles International Airport three weeks ago, Hannah Kobayashi mysteriously vanished when she was meant to board a connecting flight to New York.

She is said to have sent concerning texts to loved ones, who feared the worst, reports the Mirror.After tirelessly searching for the woman, her father, Ryan Kobayashi, took his own life.

However, just days ago investigators claim security footage from the US-Mexico border near Tijuana, about 145 miles from Los Angeles, shows her between November 12 and 13, about a day after she disappeared and about 11 days before her dad ended his life.However, now the missing woman's various relatives are fighting over how to keep her story in the headlines and what to do with the $50,000 (about £40,000) raised online to help look for her.The row spilled out into public this week when Ms Kobayashi’s sister Sydni blasted her aunt Larie Pidgeon, who had become the family's unofficial spokesperson for updates on the search for the missing 30-year-old.

Sydni has said that Ms Pidgeon doesn’t speak for the family.She told News Nation: “It’s really unfortunate when you have to question family.