Hawaii native Hannah Kobayashi wanted to disconnect from her life and voluntarily disappeared, police determined this week, pointing to surveillance footage of her buying a bus ticket from Los Angeles to the Mexico border after she missed a flight to New York.

The search drew national attention after she flew from Maui to Los Angeles and did not board a connecting flight to New York. The police later said she had crossed into Mexico on foot.

Hannah Kobayashi has been missing since November 8 when she stopped over at LAX on her way from Hawaii to New York