Alex Batty’s mum ‘deserted France to go to Finland’ as whereabouts a thriller
Alex Batty claims his mum deserted her campervan in southern France to “go see the Northern Lights” in Finland, however authorities say her whereabouts stays a thriller.
The British lad was present in France six years after he vanished. The now-17-year-old arrived again in Oldham, Greater Manchester, on Saturday night after a whirlwind few days wherein he was picked up by a driver on a rural street in southern France.
Alex will now spend Christmas together with his authorized guardian, grandmother Susan Caruana, the Mirror reported. Alex was reported lacking in 2017 aged 11 when he went on a pre-planned vacation to Marbella, Spain, with mum Melanie Batty and grandfather, David Batty.
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And now, a French supply believed to be a police officer has informed The Sun: “Alex stated his mom needed to go to Finland to see the Northern Lights.
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“We must ask how she was able to book a plane ticket while on an Interpol list. It seems unlikely.”
They additionally added: “There is every possibility that Alex’s grandfather, David Batty, is still alive.
“There does not seem to be a death certificate, or any other kind of official confirmation of his death.”
The Sun additionally tracked down the campervan, now deserted, with a didgeridoo, guitar and lengthy extension lead left inside.
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And the proprietor of the campsite, who requested to not be recognized, stated she arrived in May and left with out warning on the finish of September.
“She called herself Rose and I have only recently discovered she was the mother of the missing boy,” they said.
“I saw the woman from time to time and she said ‘Bonjour’.
“But she does not speak French and I do not speak English so we did not communicate other than that.”
They added that Melanie would spend all day tapping away on her computer.
After arriving in France in 2021, Melanie – a suspected ‘conspiracy theorist – went to live in a “spiritual community”.
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