Lacking Hannah Kobayashi’s ex-boyfriend was “jealous” of her alleged pretend husband, a supply near her informed The Publish.
Kobayashi was touring to New York along with her ex, Amun Muniz-Miranda, and the Argentine nationwide she had secretly married, Alan Cacace, sources confirmed to The Publish.
Nevertheless, the FBI is now wanting on the case as a possible inexperienced card visa scheme gone unsuitable, after Kobayashi didn’t inform her household she was married. She later claimed she “got tricked into pretty much giving away all my funds” and hoodwinked by “someone I thought I loved,” earlier than disappearing to Mexico.
A supply who labored with Kobayashi in Haiku, Hawaii, informed The Publish: “My different co-worker knew however she stored it on the down-low — that’s what Hannah needed — however now it’s on the market for everybody.
“Maybe [Muniz-Miranda] got jealous of Hannah and Alan.”
One other shut buddy of Hannah’s additionally confirmed to The Publish she had married Cacace, however stated they didn’t really feel the 2 have been romantically concerned.
Los Angeles journal reported Kobayashi’s mom found she had been in contact with an immigration lawyer after she disappeared and handed over paperwork to the police and FBI. The journal additionally reported suspicions Muniz-Miranda was concerned in establishing the wedding scheme.
Marriage fraud is a federal crime that may land individuals in jail for as much as 5 years.
Little is thought about Muniz-Miranda past the actual fact he was arrested for falsifying his id to cops in an arrest in Texas in 2021, and he had been arrested in Haiku for a DUI in 2020.
The Publish can reveal a mugshot of him taken in 2021, and sources near Kobayashi stated that they had been beforehand been suspicious of his actions.
“He [Muniz-Miranda] was the guy to introduce Hannah to this other lifestyle – finding other sources of income,” reminiscent of get-rich-quick schemes, the co-worker stated.
Sara Azari, a lawyer representing the Kobayashi household, identified no concrete proof of the alleged marriage between her and Cacace has emerged.
“We do not have legal, factual corroboration. We don’t have any confirmation. She had never told her family that she was married,” Azari informed The Publish.
Nevertheless, Kobayashi did voluntarily disembark the aircraft, appeared to freak out and despatched a worrying textual content to her household, prompting them to boost the alarm.
On Nov. 12, Kobayashi then purchased a ticket at a Los Angeles bus station and headed for the Mexican border.
She crossed into Tijuana at round midday through the San Ysidro level of entry tunnel and has not been seen or heard from since.
She was thought-about a voluntary lacking particular person on December, 2 after footage of her crossing into Mexico alone surfaced, in line with authorities.
The supply informed The Publish it was in contrast to Hannah to overlook work or disappear.
“It doesn’t really sound like Hannah [to be involved in a green card scam] it’s very out of her character. She’d let me know before if she was going to be 10 to 15 minutes late to work. She was supposed to come back Nov. 20,” the supply added.
In Might 2021, Muniz-Miranda was arrested in Waxahachie, Texas, for failure to establish by giving false info to an officer by offering a pretend identify, a misdemeanor punishable by as much as practically six months.
A clerk at Ellis County Court docket in Texas informed The Publish that Muniz-Miranda’s case for mendacity about his id remains to be energetic and he had by no means proven up for an arraignment in 2021.
Sources in Hawaii additionally confirmed to The Publish there’s a sizeable Argentinian neighborhood in Haiku and Cacace is believed to have been on the island for a couple of years.
He’s rumored to have already got a brand new girlfriend.
It’s unclear if authorities have been capable of find or communicate with Cacace. Earlier studies claimed Muniz-Miranda was cooperating with authorities. The Publish has been unable to make contact with both.
Kobayashi was enthusiastic about her journey to New York and had a “normal week” at work earlier than leaving for town, the place she was as a consequence of go to an aunt, the supply informed The Publish.
“Something had to have happened on the flight – that doesn’t seem like Hannah at all. She plans everything,” the co-worker stated.
“Hannah is the final particular person I believed one thing like this could occur to. She has an excellent head on her shoulders.
The seek for Kobayashi has put a pressure on their household. Kobayashi’s sister, Sydni final week lashed out at her aunt, Larie Pidgeon, who turned a degree particular person for updates on Hannah’s search, saying that Pidgeon doesn’t characterize the household.
“It’s really unfortunate when you have to question family,” Sydni informed Information Nation, saying her aunt has “gone rogue.”
Pidgeon later informed the Publish that Sydni is “throwing her under the bus.”
The strain follows the suicide of Kobayashi’s father, who police confirmed jumped off a parking storage at Los Angeles Worldwide Airport after arriving within the metropolis to search for his daughter.
