According to police, Hannah Kobayashi disappeared alone in Mexico – while her family is calling for the search to continue

Three weeks after Hawaiian photographer Hannah Kobayashi disappeared on her way to a “bucket list” vacation in the Big Apple, authorities announced she had fled to Mexico to “disconnect” from the modern world – leaving her family distraught insists the search is far from over.

The 30-year-old brunette beauty from Maui was reported missing by her family on November 11th after she missed a connecting flight at Los Angeles International Airport a few days earlier and then went dark.

Her disappearance quickly made national headlines when her concerned relatives said they received “strange and cryptic” text messages shortly before her disappearance that someone had stolen her identity.

Then on Monday, the case took another strange turn when Los Angeles police declared Kobayashi a “voluntary missing person,” saying she intentionally entered Mexico to “distance herself from modern connectivity.”

“We’ve basically done everything we could do at this point,” LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said at a news conference Monday night, citing U.S. Customs and Border Protection surveillance footage of Kobayashi crossing the border on Nov. 12 show.

“She left the country and is now in another country.”

The police chief added that there was no evidence the would-be snapper was trafficked or otherwise the victim of a crime.

Lt. Douglas Oldfield, who works in the department’s missing persons unit, said Kobayashi’s social media activity also made her believe she wanted to “disconnect” from the modern world.

“As we looked at her past social media, we then saw indications that there were some desires or posts that would be consistent with someone who would feel the desire to disconnect from their phone,” Oldfield said at the press conference .

But the LAPD’s conclusion was no comfort to her distraught family — who lost not only Hannah but also her father, Ryan Kobayashi, who died by suicide near Los Angeles International Airport less than two weeks after his daughter’s disappearance.

On Tuesday morning, the family insisted the search was “far from over” despite saying she was listed as missing voluntarily.

“We are deeply grateful for the urgency and commitment of law enforcement in the investigation of Hannah’s disappearance,” the family said in a statement.

“Our family remains hopeful that Hannah is safe and urges everyone to continue the search,” it said. “The search is far from over and we are committed to doing everything we can to bring her home safely.”

The wild twist is just the latest harrowing twist in Kobayashi’s disappearance, which began as she flew from Hawaii to LAX on November 8.

The 30-year-old was supposed to take a connecting flight to New York, where her relatives and a new job were waiting for her. But the Maui native never boarded the plane.

She had told her family she would be sleeping at LAX that night, and they assumed she would be ready for the next flight, according to her aunt Larie Pidgeon.

But the next day, Kobayashi texted her to say she was walking around the City of Angels, checking out sights like The Grove mall and downtown LA.

Then things went downhill.

On November 11, she began sending the “alarming” messages to friends and family via text message.

She claimed she was “caught” on a subway train and seemed to believe someone was trying to steal her identity, her aunt said.

“Deep hackers deleted my identity, stole all my money and have had me on their minds since Friday,” reads a text message to a friend.

Others said: “I was pretty much tricked into giving away all my money… for someone I thought I loved.”

Kobayashi also texted her aunt in New York – saying she had “just had a very intense spiritual awakening” – and made strange Venmo payments to strangers, one of which appeared to be for a tarot card reading.

“When the family started pushing, they went dark,” Pidgeon told The Associated Press, adding that her niece’s phone “just broke” after her disappearance.

After she appeared in various parts of the city, cops said she asked that her luggage – which had been checked to New York – be brought back to the West Coast.

She grabbed it at the airport on Nov. 11, police said, and didn’t have her phone with her when she left the airport.

Her family reported her missing that day, and her father flew to Los Angeles to help family, friends and volunteers search the city for the missing woman.

Meanwhile, wild conspiracy theories were circulating on the Internet. Some claimed she was brainwashed by a cult, blackmailed by African hackers, on the run from an abusive father or kidnapped by angry gangsters to whom her father owed money.

The burden seemed greater than her heartbroken father could bear.

On the morning of November 22nd, the 58-year-old jumped out of a Los Angeles parking garage while looking for his little girl, according to police.

Police ruled his death a suicide and the cause was blunt force trauma.

“It’s such bulls—t!” Pidgeon told the Post. “If Ryan looks at all this, do you imagine it weighing on him?”

“It’s broken,” she continued. “He died of a broken heart. We searched tirelessly and Ryan was a big, giant teddy bear. He is sensitive. Imagine looking at places like Skid Row and imagining his daughter being a victim of sex trafficking and not getting any sleep. It just broke.”

At a news conference Monday evening, the LAPD chief said police had reviewed surveillance footage that “clearly showed Koboyashi crossing the U.S. border into Mexico on foot near Tijuana at approximately 12:15 p.m. on November 12.”

“She was alone with her luggage and appeared to be uninjured,” McDonnell said. “At this point, Koboyashi’s case was classified as a voluntary missing person.”

The police chief insisted there was no evidence of “any criminal activity,” adding that before leaving Maui, Koboyashi said she wanted to “say goodbye to modern connectivity.”

“Our priority is to ensure the safety and well-being of Ms. Koboyashi, and we urge Ms. Koboyashi to contact her family, law enforcement, or U.S. Embassy personnel to let us know that she is safe is,” he said.

“She has a right to her privacy,” McDonnell continued. “And we respect their decisions. But we also understand the concern that their loved ones feel for them. A simple message could reassure those who care.”

There’s also the matter of the GoFundMe organized by her family, which had raised nearly $47,000 as of Tuesday to bring Koboyashi home.

In an email Tuesday, a GoFundMe spokesperson said the fundraiser “is verified and is subject to GoFundMe’s terms of service at this time,” although the circumstances of the case have changed drastically.

“If a donor wants to request a refund, we will consider it for them,” the representative said.

However, the family said they have more questions than answers.

“I want to thank the LAPD for their hard work and the resources they have dedicated to this search,” Pidgeon told The Post. “I know they have worked tirelessly and their efforts have led us to this new piece of the puzzle.

“But I also want to make it clear that this search is not yet over,” she continued.

“Knowing that Hannah crossed the border doesn’t give me the answers I need or ease my grief.”

With post wires