Police have a major update in the case of Hannah Kobayashi’s disappearance.

Six days after authorities called the Hawaii native’s missed flight connection to New York City “intentional,” the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said they had discovered footage of the 30-year-old entering Mexico and are now considering Hannah a “voluntary missing person.”

“On Nov. 12, at 12:13 p.m., she walked through the tunnel that leads to Mexico,” chief of detectives Alan Hamilton said during a Dec. 2 press conference. “She walked through the San Ysidro port of entry, and she walked through the tunnel that leads to Mexico.”

As for how Kobayashi—who was last heard from on Nov. 11, three days after she missed her Nov. 8 flight connection to New York City from Los Angeles International Airport—reached the southern border? Special enforcement officer Douglas Oldfield said video evidence proves she utilized public transit.

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“She traveled through the MTA,” Oldfield shared during the press conference. “She then made it to Union Station [in Los Angeles]. At Union Station, she used her passport and cash to purchase a ticket to get to the border, and she then crossed the border.” Oldfield added that he had observed the video and confirmed that Kobayashi “appeared fine” and “was with nobody else.” 

He also noted that the photographer—whose aunt Laire Pidgeon described her last messages with her niece as “so unlike Hannah” to KITV News last month—did not have her phone. “By looking at her past social media,” Oldfield said, “we then saw indications that there were some desires or posts that would be consistent in somebody who would have the desire to disconnect from their phone.”

“Are we 100 percent right on that, we can’t say,” he continued. “We just know that she did not have her phone after LAX.”

In light of the investigation’s update, authorities have revised how they will refer to the case going forward. “Kobayashi’s case has been classified as a voluntary missing person now,” LAPD Chief of Police Jim McDonnell said during the conference. “To date, the investigation has not uncovered any evidence that Kobayashi is being trafficked or is the victim of foul play. She is also not a suspect in any criminal activity.”

“While the LAPD investigation will not continue into Mexico, if anyone has credible information about Hannah's whereabouts, please contact local law enforcement,” he added. “If Kobayashi returns to the United States, law enforcement will be notified. The missing person case will remain active in the missing and unidentified persons system until her safety is confirmed.”