@yass.unitedstates: A family friend of Auburn University student James “Weston” Higginbotham, 20, is asking the public to stop speculating about his death after he was found in Japan earlier this month. She said the focus on how he died has been “especially painful” for his grieving family. Higginbotham went missing during a family trip in Kyoto and was later found dead in a mountainous area on June 6. Authorities in Japan have said they will not publicly release his cause of death as the family now returns to Alabama to plan funeral services. #alabama #student #death #friend #japan

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Tuesday 16 June 2026 19:00:48 GMT