Auburn University Student Missing for Days Found Dead in Japan

Japanese police searched through waist-high mud, and search dogs and helicopters were used.

Auburn University Student Missing for Days Found Dead in Japan

TL;DR

  • James “Weston” Higginbotham, a 20-year-old American college student, was found dead in Japan.
  • He went missing on May 29 while on a family trip and was last seen entering a mountain range near Kyoto.
  • His mother, Nancy Higginbotham, shared the news on Facebook, expressing the family's grief.
  • A massive search operation was conducted to find the student.