An Auburn University student, 20-year-old James Weston Higginbotham, was found deceased in Japan after going missing during a family vacation.

James “Weston” Higginbotham is a junior studying biosystems engineering at the Alabama college and was last seen in Kyoto.

James 'Weston' Higginbotham, a student at Auburn State University, was last seen in Kyoto on May 29. His parents are begging for help to find him.