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James “Weston” Higginbotham disappeared during a family trip to Japan.
HOOVER, Ala. — An Alabama family is asking for the public’s help as search efforts continue for a 20-year-old Auburn University student who disappeared while traveling in Japan at the end of May.
James “Weston” Higginbotham was last confirmed in the Kyoto area on May 29 during a family trip that began May 25, according to his mother, Nancy. Authorities have since narrowed his last known location to Yamashina Station, east of Kyoto, using surveillance video, FOX54 reports.
Nancy Higginbotham said police determined he got off a train at Yamashina Station, though it is unclear whether he later boarded another train. His phone reportedly lost service at around 8:29 p.m., shortly after...
