Hannah Kobayashi’s disappearance remains a mystery as her family and friends desperately search for answers piecing together what happened to her and what may have led to her radio silence.

The troubling text messages sent from missing Hawaii woman Hannah Kobayashi’s phone may have been from someone “controlling her,” the aspiring photographer’s sister claimed with the belief she’s alive.

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

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

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