Who is Alex Batty and where was he found?
ALEX Batty has been found after going missing six years ago.
He was reported missing after going on holiday to Spain, but the mystery has now been solved after the now-teenager was found.
Who is Alex Batty and when did he go missing?
Alex Batty is a boy from Lancashire who went missing six years ago but has now been found.
He was 11-years-old when he went missing in 2017.
He went on holiday with his mum, Melanie, 37, and grandfather David, 58, when he was apparently abducted in Spain.
Alex went away on the pre-agreed trip with his other family members but his grandmother and legal guardian Susan Caruana stayed at home in the UK.
The three of them were meant to come home after a week but they never returned.
This caused the police to start an investigation.
Susan said they might have adopted “an alternative lifestyle” somewhere abroad.
At the time she said: “They didn’t want [Alex] to go to school, they don’t believe in mainstream school.”
She also said that her daughter and ex-husband had lived on a commune in Morocco with Alex in 2014.
Where was Alex Batty found?
Alex was found in France.
The, now, 17-year-old was found in Revel near Toulouse, southern France.
It has been reported that he fled a spiritual community in the Pyrenees mountains and escaped by walking for days.
He was picked up by a lorry driver who then contacted the police.
He reportedly didn’t show any ID to the police but was able to identify who he was.
Local reports said: “His face and his story correspond in every way to that of the Briton kidnapped in 2017.”
It has been said that he was living in France where he stayed in tents and caravans with his mum and grandad.
He is now said to be with social services.
Who is Melanie Batty?
Melanie Batty is the mother of Alex, who is reportedly living in France.
However, it is understood that Melanie did not have legal parental guardianship of her son.
Speaking in 2018, Alex’s guardian and grandmother Susan said: “On the Sunday, they were due back in the afternoon and my husband was going to go and pick them up.
“I got this message on Facebook and it was a YouTube video of the three of them.
“They all spoke on it and Melanie said the reasons why they had done what they had done.
“Alex said it was a million times better being with his mum and grandad. Obviously it hurt me a bit but then my other concerns kicked in.
“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.
“They didn’t want him to go to school, they don’t believe in mainstream school.”