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Missing Student Found Deceased Near Kyoto
7 Jun
Summary
- An Alabama student vanished during a family trip in Japan.
- His body was discovered by volunteers in a mountainous area.
- The family was celebrating his brother's recent graduation.
James Higginbotham, a 20-year-old engineering student from Alabama, was discovered dead outside Kyoto, Japan, his mother confirmed on Saturday. The family had been on vacation in Japan to celebrate his younger brother's high school graduation.
Higginbotham was last seen leaving a Kyoto train station on May 29. His phone's location services were turned off later that night. His parents had been tracking his movements using the Life360 app until he disappeared.
A volunteer search-and-rescue team found his body in a mountainous area. Initial searches by Japanese authorities, involving approximately 100 officers, K-9 units, and helicopters, did not yield any results. Further details regarding the cause of death are pending.
