British Teenager Missing for 6 Years Resurfaces in France, Sparks International Search
TL;DR
Alex Batty, a British teenager who went missing at age 11 during a family holiday in Spain, has been found in France after a six-year odyssey through Morocco, Spain, and southwest France. Living an off-the-grid life with his mother and grandfather, Batty decided to end his roaming and parted ways with his mother. He was discovered by a delivery driver walking alone in the rain and was subsequently reunited with his grandmother in the UK. Batty had been living in a "spiritual community" and expressed a desire for a future beyond his nomadic lifestyle.
Topics:worldhuman-interest#france#human-interest#missing-teen#off-the-grid-life#reunion#spiritual-community
- Declared missing as a child, British teenager lives off-grid for 6 years, then pops up in France ABC News
- Alex Batty to return to UK six years after going missing during holiday The Guardian
- British boy missing for six years found in France CNN
- Mother of British teenager who was missing for 6 years may have gone from France to Finland WTSP.com
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