Hannah Kobayashi, who has been classified as a voluntary missing person by officers after she journeyed over to Mexico by foot, is believed to have walked out on her old life after reaching a 'spiritu

The sister of missing 30-year-old Hannah Kobayashi said Tuesday the police conclusion that she is a "voluntary missing person" is not satisfactory.

Missing Maui woman Hannah Kobayashi’s sister, Sydni, joins “Banfield” with the family’s lawyer and NewsNation legal analyst Sara Azari. The pair emphasize that, while Kobayashi’s case has been reclassified as a voluntary missing person case,

The family of once-missing Maui woman Hannah Kobayashi has spoken out after she was caught on security footage crossing the US-Mexico border.

"If she had seen what happened with my father and his passing, she would have definitely reached out by now," her sister Sydni Kobayashi said.

Missing photographer Hannah Kobayashi travelled to Mexico voluntarily, police have said, ending a three-week investigation into a bizarre case which had gripped the nation. An intense search was sparked last month when Ms Kobayashi disappeared after failing to catch a connecting flight from Hawaii to New York.