A college student who went missing in Japan while on a trip with his family was found dead, his mother said on Facebook Saturday.

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.