Volunteer Searchers Find 20-Year-Old Auburn Student Dead Outside Kyoto After May 29 Disappearance
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Updated · WBRC · Jun 6
Volunteer Searchers Find 20-Year-Old Auburn Student Dead Outside Kyoto After May 29 Disappearance
3 articles · Updated · WBRC · Jun 6
Summary
A volunteer search-and-rescue group found 20-year-old Weston Higginbotham dead in a mountainous area outside Kyoto after he vanished during a family trip to Japan.
Higginbotham had gone off alone on May 29 to explore local hiking trails, and police believed he turned off his GPS before disappearing.
Massive search teams looked for him throughout the week before volunteers located his body on Saturday.
His family confirmed the death in a Facebook post, with his mother Nancy Higginbotham saying they were grateful for their time with him but could not understand life without him.