Auburn student Weston Higginbotham found dead in Japan after weeklong search, mom confirms

The family of James "Weston" Higginbotham, a 20-year-old Auburn University student who vanished during a family vacation in Japan in late May, confirmed Saturday that he has been found dead.

In a statement on Facebook Saturday morning, Higginbotham's mother, Nancy, revealed that her son's body was discovered by a volunteer search-and-rescue group in a mountainous area outside of Kyoto.

"Our family is heartbroken," Nancy Higginbotham wrote in the post. "... The grief we feel is impossible...