Jennifer Harper Bowen

Auburn student whose body was found after going missing in Japan was on a ‘decompression’ hike

An Auburn University student who died in Japan after going off on a solo hike away from his family enjoyed long strolls for “decompression” and wouldn’t have wanted to harm himself, a family friend said Monday. James “Weston” Higginbotham, 20, was last seen at the Kyoto train station on May 29 before volunteer searchers found his body in the mountains just outside the ancient city on Saturday. Higginbotham was traveling with his parents when he got into an argument with his mother over her...