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US student found dead in Japan after going missing

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An American engineering student, James Higginbotham, who went missing during a family holiday in Japan, has been found deceased. His body was discovered by a volunteer search group in a mountainous region near Kyoto. Higginbotham, a 20-year-old student from Auburn University, was last seen on May 29th, and his phone's location services were turned off shortly after. The cause of death is currently unknown. AI

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US student found dead in Japan after going missing

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Reuters ·

    Missing US student found dead in Japan

    An ⁠American student ⁠who disappeared while on ⁠a family holiday in Japan was found dead outside Kyoto, his mother wrote in a social media post on Saturday. The body of James ‌Higginbotham, 20, was discovered in a mountainous area by a volunteer search-and-rescue group, Nancy Hig…

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