American found dead in Kyoto after disappearing on family holiday

A body found in the western Japan city of Kyoto has been identified as that of a missing American man, police said Sunday, after he disappeared during a family trip to the country. James Weston Higginbotham, 20, went missing in late May, the police have said. His disappearance attracted media coverage in Japan and overseas, prompting searches by local volunteers in a mountainous part of the ancient capital. The body of Higginbotham was found Saturday by a volunteer in Kyoto’s Yamashina Ward, the police said, adding foul play is not suspected in the case. READ: Body with missing upper half […]... Keep on reading: American found dead in Kyoto after disappearing on family holiday