Japanese Police Deploy 50 Officers in Search for Missing Auburn Student Near Kyoto
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 3
Japanese Police Deploy 50 Officers in Search for Missing Auburn Student Near Kyoto
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 3
Summary
50 officers, K-9 teams and helicopters widened the search Wednesday around Yamashina Station, where police say missing Auburn student James "Weston" Higginbotham was last confirmed.
CCTV placed the 20-year-old east of Kyoto after his phone showed activity near Kyoto Station around 8:15 p.m. on May 29 before losing service minutes later.
His family believes the experienced hiker may have taken a local train toward wooded trails near Mount Otowa, though his mother also said he may have been emotionally distressed.
Severe weather, difficult terrain and wildlife have complicated the hunt, which his parents joined before a typhoon forced them back from the forested area.