Hannah Kobayashis family said they found and made contact with Hannah, who has beenmissing since early November.
Your kindness and concern have meant the world to us.
The statement was signed by Kobayashis mother, Brandi Yee, and her sister, Sydni Kobayashi.
Volunteers hanging up missing signs for Hannah Kobayashi in Los Angeles.Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images
Surveillance cameras instead caught her leaving the airport and riding the metro to downtown Los Angeles.
The following morning, surveillance cameras caught Kobayashi at the Greyhound bus terminal at Union Station.
She was seen entering Mexico a few hours later via the tunnel at the San Ysidro border crossing.
Kobayashi crossed the border not long after family and friends received their last known communications from her.
A simple message could reassure those she cares about.
During the search for Kobayashi, her father, Ryan Kobayashi,died from an apparent suicide.
The Los Angeles County medical examiner said he died from blunt force traumatic injuries.
Additional reporting by:Nancy Dillon.
