Auburn University student disappears in Japan as parents join search: ‘In our own living hell’

An American college student from Alabama disappeared in Japan during a family trip, leaving his parents pleading for help as they join dozens of police and K-9 units searching the region's wooded trails.

James "Weston" Higginbotham, a 20-year-old Auburn University student, has not been heard from since May 29, according to his mother, Nancy Higginbotham.

"We are in our own living hell," Nancy Higginbotham wrote on social media. "He is not detained from a night out partying. The police have confirmed this.