LONDON — A criminal investigation was launched into the alleged abduction of British teenager Alex Batty, who was found last week in France six years after his mother and grandfather took him on a vacation and never returned home, Greater Manchester police said Friday. Batty, 17, returned to Oldham, near Manchester, on Saturday and was … Read more
LONDON — LONDON (AP) — British teenager Alex Batty flew back to the U.K. on Saturday, six years after he left home on what was meant to be a two-week family vacation in Spain. Batty never returned from that holiday to his grandmother and guardian in Oldham, near Manchester. Her frantic appeals found no trace … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave LONDON — A British boy who went missing in Europe six years ago has been found — walking along a roadside in southwest France — in a mystery that has electrified the British media and overjoyed his grandmother, who wasn’t sure whether he was still alive. Alex … Read more