Body found in Kyoto mountains ends search for American student
An American student, 20-year-old James Higginbotham of Alabama and Auburn University’s engineering program, who disappeared during a family trip in Japan, was found dead in a mountainous area near Kyoto by a volunteer search-and-rescue group. His mother, Nancy Higginbotham, announced the death on Facebook, with authorities not yet releasing a cause. He was last seen near Yamashina Station on May 29; Life360 had helped track movements prior to the disappearance, and an initial Japanese police search had turned up nothing.