A British Boy, Missing for 6 Years
Alex Batty, who is from Oldham, England, was found by a delivery driver. His mother and grandfather are wanted in connection with his disappearance.
A
British boy who disappeared at age 11 while on vacation six years ago
in Spain has turned up in France, prosecutors there said. A delivery
driver found the boy, who is now a teenager, walking in the rain early
Wednesday carrying a skateboard and a flashlight.
The
boy, Alex Batty, from Oldham, England, disappeared in 2017 while
visiting Málaga with his mother and grandfather. None of them returned
to Britain. Alex’s mother and grandfather, whose whereabouts remain
unknown, are wanted by the British authorities for playing a role in his
disappearance.
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Alex’s legal guardian,
his grandmother Susan Caruana, has said that she believed his mother,
Melanie Batty, and his grandfather, David Batty, had sought out an
alternative lifestyle with Alex on the continent. Ms. Caruana and Mr.
Batty have not been involved since before Alex’s disappearance.
“The
reason I believe they have done this is because basically my lifestyle,
my belief systems, are not what they agree with: just simply living day
to day, how normal people do,” Ms. Caruana told the gaurdain in 2018. “They didn’t want him to go to school, they don’t believe in mainstream school.”
reason I believe they have done this is because basically my lifestyle,
my belief systems, are not what they agree with: just simply living day
to day, how normal people do,” Ms. Caruana told the gaurdain in 2018. “They didn’t want him to go to school, they don’t believe in mainstream school.”
French
prosecutors said that Alex, who is now 17, was found in Revel, in
southwestern France. Family members had confirmed his identity from
photographs, they said, and he was expected to return to Britain
shortly. The Greater Manchester Police said they were in contact with
French authorities.
prosecutors said that Alex, who is now 17, was found in Revel, in
southwestern France. Family members had confirmed his identity from
photographs, they said, and he was expected to return to Britain
shortly. The Greater Manchester Police said they were in contact with
French authorities.
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The delivery
driver who found him, Fabien Accidini, spotted Alex walking in the rainy
darkness around 2 a.m. in Chalabre and stopped to give him a ride, he
told the local paper la depeche .
driver who found him, Fabien Accidini, spotted Alex walking in the rainy
darkness around 2 a.m. in Chalabre and stopped to give him a ride, he
told the local paper la depeche .
Mr.
Accidini said he talked with the teenager for three hours before taking
him to the police. Alex told him that he had lived in Spain and later
France in an itinerant spiritual community but had decided to leave, in
part because he missed his loved ones back in Britain.
Accidini said he talked with the teenager for three hours before taking
him to the police. Alex told him that he had lived in Spain and later
France in an itinerant spiritual community but had decided to leave, in
part because he missed his loved ones back in Britain.
He
told Mr. Accidini that he had been walking for four days.Photos have
circulated in news reports for years showing a smiling boy with short,
light brown hair. The authorities have not released a current photograph
of the teenager.
told Mr. Accidini that he had been walking for four days.Photos have
circulated in news reports for years showing a smiling boy with short,
light brown hair. The authorities have not released a current photograph
of the teenager.
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