The Auburn University student who mysteriously vanished in Japan has been found dead, his grieving family revealed Saturday.
James “Weston” Higginbotham’s body was found “in a mountainous area outside of Kyoto” by a volunteer search-and-rescue team, his heartbroken mother announced on Facebook.
“We are forever grateful for the time we had with our sweet, precious Weston, but cannot begin to understand what life without him will be like,” wrote Nancy Higginbotham.
“The grief we feel is impossible to put into words. … We will always love you, Weston.”
Higginbotham’s cause of death was not immediately clear.
The 20-year-old student, who was in Japan on a family vacation, went missing on May 29 after traveling to Kyoto’s Yamashina Ward in the eastern part of the city.