Missing Humboldt Woman Taken Into Custody in Washington State; Family Working to Get Her Help

Diana Hahn foundDiana Hahn, the Humboldt County woman missing since yesterday, has been located. Diana, who had been experiencing extreme paranoia, was arrested in Whatcom County, Washington either last night or early this morning.

The father of her son, David Penalosa, released a statement this morning. He wrote, “Diana Hahn was taken into custody…in northern Washington. Her family is working today to get her the help she needs. The road back may be long, but with this first step, it has at least now begun.”

She had fled her home earlier this week after renting a van. She was traced traveling through several states where she had several encounters with law enforcement.

A GoFundMe account which was set up just yesterday to help with expenses in finding her has already blown past its $5000 goal. The family will need to travel to Washington State and deal with the numerous charges against her. Anyone wishing to donate can go to the site here.

Diana Hahn

The photo of Diana Hahn used on the GoFundMe site set up to raise money to assist her family in helping her.

Earlier Chapter: Diana Hahn, Missing Eureka Woman Who Was Raised in Southern Humboldt, Sought by Family and Law Enforcement

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Gazoo
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Gazoo
5 years ago

Glad she’s ok. Hope she gets whatever she needs to gain back her trust. Onelove all!

Humboldt Lady
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Humboldt Lady
5 years ago

Oh Thank God. Glad she is safe. Blessings to her and her family…

SourTangant
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SourTangant
5 years ago

Great news!! Glad she’s safe!

Dan F
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Dan F
5 years ago

The only good thing is, at least she’s not still missing!!!

concerned
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concerned
5 years ago

Excellent news! Thanks Kym for keeping us all informed.

Doug
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Doug
5 years ago

Why was she “taken into custody” was she wanted for a crime?

Wiccad Sister
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Wiccad Sister
5 years ago
Reply to  Doug

The article states, “family will need to travel to Washington State and deal with the numerous charges against her.”

Simone Whipple
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Simone Whipple
5 years ago

So relieved she has been found!!!
Good that we ‘blew past’ the $5.000 requested. Perhaps a brain scan, that should have been done after she suffered the head impact of a crash in April, will finally happen.

TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) is a possible cause for Diana’s sudden erratic behavior.

At this point, I’m just extremely relieved that she has been found, and can get treatment for whatever happened to her.

Diana, is a treasure.

I like stars
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I like stars
5 years ago
Reply to  Simone Whipple

TBI can definitely cause behavioral changes.

Dan F
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Dan F
5 years ago
Reply to  Simone Whipple

From the sound of her behavior, since the wreck it sounds like a Probable cause!!!

Seamus
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Seamus
5 years ago
Reply to  Simone Whipple

Was she knocked over the head? How did she get a TBI? Just morbid mob curiosity.

itisisntit
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itisisntit
5 years ago

Good news!

Pike Mortar
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Pike Mortar
5 years ago

What are the criminal charges?

Simone Whipple
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Simone Whipple
5 years ago
Reply to  Pike Mortar

P.M. I hope you get a name some day…
All charges were related to her encounters with the police when they picked her up.

Ben Round
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Ben Round
5 years ago
Reply to  Simone Whipple

That sounds like the charges would be related to her behavior (resistance, etc.?). That is good, as with documentation of her injury, a fair judge will see her forthcoming treatment and improvement as mitigating factors in ‘assigning justice’.
Diana is loved!

Ice
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Ice
5 years ago
Reply to  Pike Mortar

Maybe she didnt turn in the rental van in time..

Kris
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5 years ago

Thank goodness!

Anna
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Anna
5 years ago

Something is very wrong. Numerous charges? Poor darling Diana. We all love and support you and will help in anyway we can during your long road to recovery.

farce
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farce
5 years ago
Reply to  Anna

Charges are often filed and then dropped when more information becomes available. Hopefully the good folks of that area will understand Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and act accordingly. Be thankful they charged her at least enough to hold her in a safe space. Of course if she’s paranoid then getting arrested and held in jail is probably terrifying! She is lucky to have her family looking out for her and informing them of her brain injury. TBI is still not widely understood or recognized so her family really needs to make sure the authorities up there are informed! Stand up for her and do not let them diminish the importance of the brain injury! Many localities do not understand it yet and believe instead that people use it as a scam. Contact TBI support groups if you find resistance and fight for her! …My experienced advice

Hoping for a happy ending
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Hoping for a happy ending
5 years ago
Reply to  farce

Kind of assuming . TBI? Our psyche is fragile even without a bump on the head! Besides, our skulls are designed to protect the brain. I read her post about her fender bender in the summer , a goose egg does not usually a TBI make. And while theories are fun, remember when you hear hoofbeats think horses not zebras.

Eloa lodges
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Eloa lodges
5 years ago

What if Im in a cow field? It all depends on were u r! Or should I say goose egg is.

Hoping for a happy ending
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Hoping for a happy ending
5 years ago
Reply to  Eloa lodges

Cute but not punny.

Cows feet a quite dissimilar from zebras or horses and if u understood that u wouldn’t have tried to deflect the argument.

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Hey Siri, What kind of hooves do cows have?

A cloven hoof, cleft hoof, divided hoof or split hoof is a hoof split into two toes. This is found on members of the mammalian order Artiodactyla.

Examples of mammals that possess this type of hoof are cattle, deer, antelopes, gazelles, goats, and sheep.
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Flatgirl
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Flatgirl
5 years ago
Reply to  farce

Stand up for anyone in such a situation. Our community seems very quick to condem those who are not known and “beloved locals”
I hope Idahoans prove better.

Sleepy Alligator
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Sleepy Alligator
5 years ago

It seems like she is known and loved by many in the community so hopefully someone knows what exactly she had “fled” from and will find a way to help her with whatever that may be. An adult who is capable of renting a van, driving it safely to Washington State, and not being detained after having face-to-face encounters with law enforcement along the way doesn’t sound like someone who has “fled her home”. Maybe the GoFundMe money can be used to help her by looking deeper into this so she doesn’t feel she has to flee her home. It certainly doesn’t cost $5,000 to go from Northern California to Washington State and back.

farce
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farce
5 years ago

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a very expensive situation. Any Social Security benefits that may arrive will take years. The quicker that treatment for healing the brain can be started the better the chance of long-term success. But governmental help lags…and so much opportunity is lost. $5000 is nothing compared to what her family will go through while helping her. So what happens to people with TBI who do not have family resources? As we learned….look at those people sleeping under bridges and in abandoned houses- some of them are TBI sufferers, tossed to the wind. Our social systems have holes…and sometimes good, hard-working people fall through

guest
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guest
5 years ago
Reply to  farce

Very well put

Throwin stones?
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Throwin stones?
5 years ago

Glass houses alligator, glass houses.

From what i understand, the gofundme money will be partly used to help hire a lawyer if she needs one & to help get her out of jail if needed.
I hope it can cover some of the lost wages for her family members and cover travel expenses, food and lodging for the family heading to WA, we dont know how long they will need to stay until we know dianas charges and whether she has an arraignment soon. Some places are backed up and arraignments can take weeks, like it did here when our DA office was in upheaval&had no staff. She may not be granted bail, etc etc.
Basically the costs of it all could excede 5000 easily.

Larry
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Larry
5 years ago

This is not a scam ! My Nieghbor is never like this . What ever happpened to her was resent and way out of caricature !

Mary
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Mary
5 years ago

We know longer live in the area but remember her as a sweet young girl and then a wonderful new mother. I hope she receives all the help she needs to find joy in her life.

barn owl
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barn owl
5 years ago

To everyone who knows and loves Diana as I do, please let us continue to focus our prayers and attention on her personal well-being and health. Envision her as we all know her, our cosmic, beautiful angelic sister and friend. Picture her back in her lovingly restored Victorian home, posting us her enchanting words and being at peace.

Her road home may be long and arduous, physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually, so if we focus on her wild woman beauty and spirit, it will help her know that the road she is walking now, she is not walking alone, but in the company of those of us who love her.

KIDDZZ
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KIDDZZ
5 years ago
Reply to  barn owl

Well put!

Sara Connor
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Sara Connor
5 years ago

This is her sister Sara. Thank you all for the well wishes, love, and support. And thank you Kyn for keeping the information updated! It definitely helped in finding her!

barn owl
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barn owl
5 years ago
Reply to  Sara Connor

Sara, Diana is well loved by her large extended family here in southern Humboldt where she was born and raised. We are doing all we can, through Kym, personal contacts, the GoFundMe page to help you all with any travel, medical expenses, etc. that you may incur, and with our prayers.

Please do keep us informed, if you feel comfortable, as to Diana’s progress to healing, and know that you and the rest of her family are also in our prayers.

Sara
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Sara
5 years ago
Reply to  barn owl

Thank you so very much! It has been a crazy week, but hopefully we will get more info today!

Jade
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Jade
5 years ago
Reply to  Sara Connor

Wtf??????
Please tell me what happened I’m seriously concerned

Sara
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Sara
5 years ago
Reply to  Jade

Jade you can contact me directly if you want!

Bob Harris
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Bob Harris
5 years ago

Let’s hope she gets short term and long term help. So many others need help, as well. Wish her well. Thanks Kym

Mr Right
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Mr Right
5 years ago

Lots of liberal sympathy here. Criminal charges not a problem, right? HumCo is so kind to criminals. Why we have so many problems ourselves.

Eric Kirk
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Eric Kirk
5 years ago
Reply to  Mr Right

You don’t know her. Let’s just leave it at that.

commenter
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commenter
5 years ago

ouch. i would not want my personal issues aired here. maybe it made some kind of positive difference…but i doubt it.

Jilly
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Jilly
5 years ago
Reply to  commenter

We need to get over our egos and learn to be more open, allowing space for kindness of others. Compassion is understanding we are all connected. ❤️

WG
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WG
5 years ago

Really hope she gets home soon and gets the care she needs. She has a lot of love coming her way.

https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/crime/article220249180.html

Bippity Bop
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Bippity Bop
5 years ago

These comments are refreshingly kind and don’t make me want to stab my eyes out. Thanks, humanity!

Muddy Black Dodge
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5 years ago
Reply to  Bippity Bop

We’ll put jilly and Bippity Boo. Sending hopes and prayers.

VHDA
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VHDA
5 years ago

So very happy to hear she has been found. She is a lovely woman whom is loved & respected by many. We are all praying for her healing physically and emotionally.

It's me
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It's me
5 years ago

We all need to let our hair down once in our lives, just hope Leo, media and blogs are not looking when we do. Oh! And nobody gets hurt including family and friends.

David Penalosa
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David Penalosa
5 years ago

Hello, this is David. Folks are trying to understand what happened, based on what little information is available. It’s only natural. In a way, I wish I could fill you all in on the details, but I’m trying to only divulge the information necessary for people to understand the seriousness of the situation. I had to do that when I publicly requested your help to find Diana, and to report any sightings of her. And of course, once I had sufficiently gotten everyone concerned, I felt it necessary to publicly announce when she was taken into custody. I can’t say that I have done each step in the best way, but that was my intention. I’m sure you understand that I am trying to maintain whatever privacy for Diana I can afford to give her during this crisis.

Henry and I were blown away by the response to our GoFundMe. Thanks to her sister and brother in-law Sara and Steve for setting that up. Clearly there are many people out there who love Diana. Thank you all for your support. You have enabled us to make the maximum effort.

Sara Connor
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Sara Connor
5 years ago
Reply to  David Penalosa

You are doing a stellar job David. Thank you on behalf of my sister. We got this!

Josh Roberts
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Josh Roberts
5 years ago
Reply to  David Penalosa

David, thank you so much. You are handling this crisis just fine. The “we” of the internet don’t need to know each and every detail that led to this. Hopefully, in time, Diana will let us know what she feels is appropriate. She is certainly a clear communicator! What’s also clear is that this was/is a major crisis for her that she will need ongoing help with, and that she is adored and supported by a huge community of folks. You handle it as you and Henry and Sara see fit and know you have our support. Thank you again. And Sara and Henry!

Sara Connor
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Sara Connor
5 years ago
Reply to  Josh Roberts

Thank you Josh! Big hugs!

Simone Whipple
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Simone Whipple
5 years ago
Reply to  David Penalosa

Thank you David, Henry, and Sara for all you help.

I removed my posts about Diana from F.B. since she has been found.
Just sending lots of love to your whole family.

Kato
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Kato
5 years ago

David, Sara, Henry: Thank you for using this kind of forum to keep so many of us who care about Diana informed. Is there a local account where So Hum fans of Di can make a donation for her treatment/care?

Sara Connor
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Sara Connor
5 years ago
Reply to  Kato

Thank you Kato!

jimi axis
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5 years ago

this is my friend …shes been friends with my whale gulch family for as long as i can rememeber. She is also the star of a GREAT! classic movie made in spy rock called Ganjasaurus rex! classic localmade movie soo funny!!

lauracooskey
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lauracooskey
5 years ago
Reply to  jimi axis

I saw that years ago and wondered where i could find it nowadays. I just googled it and it comes right up on youtube–full hour and a half! Pretty blurry copy, though, but i think i remember that from the original.

David Penalosa
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David Penalosa
5 years ago

Thank you Kato. The only means we currently have for accepting donations is the GoFunMe.

https://www.gofundme.com/missing-diana-hahn?member=949558

Martinman
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Martinman
5 years ago

Jeez, I’ve read the supportive & loving comments the past 2 nights & now I just read the horrific sequence of actions detailed in the link provided by WG above & what a nightmare it must have been for her & all agencies involved, but especially Ms. Hahn! Thank God no innocent lives were taken. She must be traumatized & suffering so much. My thoughts are with you all

Only love
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Only love
5 years ago

To Sara, David and Henry, thank you for keeping us informed about our dear Diana. I know I speak for many others when I say I am so grateful and relieved that our prayers were answered, that Diana has been found and is safe and that she has a loving caring family. To friends and community: now, it’s time for us to give Diana and her family the space to deal with this personal family crisis, with love and respect. Our hearts are with you. We’ll be here when you need us. Prayers, love and healing wishes for Diana

Sara Connor
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Sara Connor
5 years ago

Hello everyone, Sara here, everyone has been asking for updates on my sister, and David, Henry , and I so appreciate all of the support. The kind words, reaching out, and the generous donations have us hopeful and positive. I live outside of the US so dealing with time zones and court systems has been a challenge! Here is the link for the latest info I received from David last night. Thank you again for your kindness and support!

https://www.gofundme.com/Missing-Diana-Hahn/

commenter
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commenter
5 years ago

This thread reminds me of back in the day when we didn’t talk about who grew where and how much, but then if we saw them getting Camped the mouths were unleashed and we gossiped about everything, like busted you’re tainted and fair game?
Busybodies, I don’t like it.
(yes, I read the comments so I got my cheap entertainment from this thread also. Trying to tame the internet at this stage is silly, but try to shut your yaps speculating about peoples’ private issues, please.)