A CHILDHOOD friend who met with the American student missing in Japan just days before he vanished fears he may have gone on a hike and injured himself before a storm hit. James “Weston” Higginbotham, who studies at the University of Auburn in Alabama, went missing in Kyoto while on a family vacation. Before he disappe
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A CHILDHOOD friend who met with the American student missing in Japan just days before he vanished fears he may have gone on a hike and injured himself before a storm hit. James “Weston” Higginbotham, who studies at the University of Auburn in Alabama, went missing in Kyoto while on a family vacation. Before he disappe
A CHILDHOOD friend who met up with the American student missing in Japan just days before he vanished fears he may have gone on a hike and injured himself before a storm hit. James “Weston” Higginbotham, who studies at the University of Auburn in Alabama, went missing in Kyoto while on a family vacation. An Auburn University student has vanished in Japan on a family vacation without a trace.
James “Weston” Higginbotham, a 20-year-old from Birmingham, has been missing since May 29. Higginbotham never returned from a train station in the Kyoto area.
The Sun US reported the story as "Friend of student Weston Higginbotham missing in Japan reveals his worst fears after learning where he was last seen."
2 sources have covered this story, including The Sun US and The Daily Wire. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 2 days ago.
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