six years after his kidnapping, Alex Batty returns to England

It’s the end of six years of wandering and mysteries. Alex Batty, 17 years old today, returns to England this Saturday, December 16. Accompanied by British police officers, he must be repatriated from Toulouse (Haute-Garonne). A return awaited for many years by his grandmother. “I can barely describe how relieved and happy I am that Alex was found safe.“, explained Susan Caruana in a press release. Missing since 2017, Alex Batty was found by chance two days ago, along a road in Ariège by a young delivery man.

No physical violence

He was 11 years old when he disappeared in Spain with his mother and grandfather. His grandmother, his legal guardian, accuses the two adults of having kidnapped him. A wanted notice was then issued by the British authorities. Friday December 15, Alex Batty recounted his six years of wandering to the French police within a spiritual community. He would have lived in Morocco before joining France two and a half years ago. He claims to have never suffered physical violence, but it was when his mother told him they were leaving for Finland that he decided to run away.