Missing Auburn student update: Family makes new request to the public

Family of student missing in Japan pleads for help finding him An Alabama student disappeared while traveling in Japan with his family, and now, they are pleading with the public for clues as to where he went. One week after an Auburn University student vanished while hiking in Japan, his family is making an urgent public plea for help as search efforts expand into the rugged mountains surrounding Kyoto. In a Facebook post marking "Day 7" since 20-year-old James "Weston" Higginbotham disappeared