New Delhi, June 7 -- The body of an Auburn University student who went missing during a family trip to Japan has been found in a mountainous area outside Kyoto, bringing a tragic end to a week-long search effort.

James "Weston" Higginbotham, 20, disappeared on May 29 after becoming separated from his parents near Kyoto. His family confirmed on Saturday (June 6) that his body had been located by a volunteer search-and-rescue group.

Weston's mother, Nancy Higginbotham, announced the news in a statement shared on Facebook.

"The grief we feel is impossible to put into words," she wrote.

"We are forever grateful for the time we had with our sweet, precious Weston, but cannot begin to understand what life without him will be like."

She did...