Body of Auburn student Weston Higginbotham found in Kyoto mountains

TL;DR
The body of Weston Higginbotham, a 20-year-old Auburn University biosystems engineering student who disappeared in Kyoto during a family trip after an argument over AI, was found in a mountainous area outside Kyoto by a volunteer search-and-rescue group; his mother confirmed the discovery on Facebook and the family asked for privacy as they grieve.
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