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Missing Auburn University student found dead in Japan

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Missing Auburn University student in Japan found dead, mother says

James Higginbotham was found dead in a mountainous area outside Kyoto by a volunteer search-and-rescue group, his mother said.

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Missing Auburn college student found dead in Kitayama Mountains, Japan

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Body of missing Auburn University student found in Japan

Japanese citizens will join an arduous search for a missing American who vanished in a mountainous forest

The weeklong quest to find James “Weston” Higginbotham has yielded no signs of the 20-year-old.

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Auburn Student Missing in Japan Found Dead | June 6, 2026 | News 19 at 5 p.m. - Weekend

Mother of Auburn student missing in Japan talks to CNN: ‘I know he’s still alive’

Update: Student missing in Japan found dead

James Higginbotham was found dead in a mountainous area outside Kyoto by a volunteer search-and-rescue

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Missing US student found dead near Kyoto, Japan, mother says

Missing Auburn student James Higginbotham discovered dead in ‘mountainous area’ of Japan, grieving family reveals