Weston Higginbotham disappeared during a family vacation in Japan on May 29 after separating from relatives. Accounts differ on whether his disappearance followed a fight over ChatGPT; one source attributes his vanishing to that conflict, while others cite separation from family without specifying a cause. He was last seen on surveillance video at Yamashina Station in Kyoto, according to GDELt, and his cellphone stopped transmitting location data shortly afterward. A massive search involving Japanese police, K-9 teams, helicopters, and volunteers was conducted under difficult conditions, including steep terrain and severe weather from a typhoon. His parents traveled through the region searching for clues and appealing to the public for help. Weston Higginbotham's body was discovered in a mountainous area near Kyoto by a volunteer search-and-rescue group, according to SCMP. His mother, Nancy Higginbotham, announced the discovery in a social media post on Saturday. Weston Higginbotham's family expressed profound grief after his death. A cause of death was not immediately available. Weston Higginbotham went on long walks, according to a family friend.