Nancy Higginbotham expressed gratitude to supporters around the world who shared information about James Weston’s disappearance.

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“It’s been a long, stressful day,” according to mother Nancy Higginbotham. “Today, dozens of Japanese police officers searched through waist-high mud in an effort to find Weston.