James ‘Weston’ Higginbotham, a student of Auburn university, went missing in Japan. His parents, Nancy and Keith Higginbotham, have issued urgent pleas to help locate their child and they’re in Japan currently, coordinating with local authorities to try and find the 20-year-old.
Weston was on his graduation trip when he went missing. He was last confirmed to be in the Kyoto area on May 29. Later, surveillance showed Weston getting off at the Yamashina station.
“The police have narrowed it down to Weston getting off at the Yamashina station. We don’t know if he got back on the train at any point. Weston is a very experienced hiker and this town has beautiful nature trails. He may have intentionally chosen a quiet trail from Yamashina, especially Bishamon-do, Lake Biwa Canal, Misasagi, Keage/Nanzen-ji, Kyoto Trail, Mount Otowa, or Daigo/Kami-Daigo,” Nancy had said at the time. “Dozens of officers were searching by foot, and helicopters were searching over the hills behind Bishamondo. Later, a helicopter was also seen near the Otowa area before returning toward Bishamondo. This is the area located north of Yamashina,” she recently said about the efforts to find Weston.
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While the search continues for James ‘Weston’ Higginbotham, here’s all you need to know about his parents, Nancy and Keith Higginbotham.
Nancy and Keith Higginbotham: 5 things to know
- Nancy and Keith Higginbotham currently live in Birmingham, Alabama, as per Weston’s mother’s Facebook profile.
- Nancy hails from Niceville, Florida, as per her profile.
- Nancy works as Chief Operating Officer at Rousso Adams Facial Plastic Surgery Clinic in Mountain Brook, Alabama, her profile indicates. She’s reportedly been at this job since 2019. Keith’s profile indicates he’s a digital creator.
- Nancy also has a B.S degree Accountancy and Finance from the University of Florida, as per her profile. Her school year was 2001.
- Keith Higginbotham has often tried raise awareness about childhood bran cancer, sharing a couple of photos with Nancy with frames meant to raise awareness about the condition.
Keith had posted this photo back in 2020. Meanwhile, Nancy today shared videos of the search efforts for James ‘Weston’.
“The area where we believe Weston is missing has ample water and limited berries. There is still hope. The police will reconvene tomorrow to come up with another plan to include watching additional CCTV footage to follow up on another lead. They are also deploying a smaller team to the forest,” she wrote.