A family from Hoover is seeking public assistance as authorities in Japan continue to search for 20-year-old James “Weston” Higginbotham, who went missing in Kyoto.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — An Alabama family is asking for the public’s help as search efforts continue for a 20-year-old Auburn student who disappeared while traveling in Japan.
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.
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