Hannah Kobayashi’s aunt says she has new “hope” after police told her Monday there is reason to believe the missing 31-year-old is still somewhere in Los Angeles after being missing for weeks.

“That leads us to believe she is still out there,” Larie Pidgeon told the Daily Beast by phone. “There is a lot of LAPD manpower involved and it has escalated. So that makes us believe that she is still there, and that there is still hope.

That little bit of positivity comes at a difficult time for the Kobayashi family.

Not only did Hannah disappear without explanation, but her father, Ryan Kobayashi, took his own life this weekend at Los Angeles International Airport. That tragedy came after 13 days of desperately searching for his daughter to no avail, Pidgeon said. Police said Ryan’s body was found on the ground floor of a parking garage around 4 a.m. Sunday.

Pidgeon told the Beast that the grief-stricken father’s suicide was the result of a “broken heart” after many sleepless nights in Los Angeles, where his daughter was last seen on November 11.

The aunt added that Ryan, 58, flew to California from his home in Hawaii and left no stone unturned. That included searching areas he didn’t expect his daughter to be in, such as Skid Row and its large homeless population.

“He was tireless. He couldn’t handle it,” Pidgeon said. “He loved his daughter endlessly.”

Pidgeon, 45, said she had been organizing and searching in LA for two weeks after traveling from her home in Northern California. Other loved ones have made the trek from Hawaii and New York City to have boots on the ground.

Hannah flew into LAX, but would only be there briefly during a quick layover before flying to New York City. Once there, she would visit her aunt and enjoy a “bucket list” trip around the city.

That flight to the Big Apple was supposed to depart on November 8, but Hannah never boarded. Her family last heard from her via text message the next day, but they said she didn’t sound like her usual self.

“She said she felt scared and that someone might be trying to steal her money and identity,” Pidgeon told KTLA. ‘Strange, cryptic messages – things about the matrix, it looked so much like her. And then suddenly no more communication.”

Security cameras captured Pidgeon at a shopping center on November 10 and 11, and again the next day at the airport and a local train station – although she never boarded a flight. However, no sightings of Hannah have been made public since then. Her cell phone has remained switched off.

Pidgeon previously said she fears Hannah may have been kidnapped or trafficked. The family has launched a massive effort to find her, raising more than $25,000 on GoFundMe on Monday evening. Rallies have been held in the city to raise awareness and get Hannah’s face on flyers in the country’s second most populous city.

Those who call Pidgeon’s cell phone while she’s away are now greeted with a heartbreaking request for Hannah in her voicemail, just in case she calls. On Monday she offered the Beast a similar copy by telephone.

“Hannah, we’ve been searching tirelessly for you,” she said. “We keep hope alive. We share your name. We make sure people pay attention to you. We love you with everything we are and I want you not to lose hope because we won’t give up hope until we find you.

If you or a loved one is struggling with thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741.