The distraught father of a missing 31-year-old photographer has been found dead after he flew into Los Angeles to assist the search. 

The father of a missing photographer has been found dead after flying to Los Angeles to aid in the desperate hunt for his daughter.

Distraught Kobayashi had traveled to California to assist in the search for his aspiring photographer daughter, 31, where he handed out missing person flyers to passers-by over a course of 13 days.