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Re: Boy Kidnapped When He Was 11, Missing For 6 Yrs, Returned to UK
Criminal Investigation Launched Into Alleged Abduction of Alex Batty, Who Went Missing Aged 11 in 2017
'They Completely and Utterly Betrayed Me': Alexs' Grandmother
Worst Thing About Time Abroad Was Not Having Proper Education - Alex Batty
Daily Mail 23 DEC 2023
A criminal investigation has been launched into the alleged abduction of Alex Batty, who returned to the UK last week after six years missing abroad, Greater Manchester Police said.
The grandmother of Alex Batty has relived the torment of the day she realised her grandson had been taken by her daughter and ex-husband.
Susan Caruana, 68, thought she would never see Alex again claiming she overheard his mother Melanie say they were 'ditching the phones' after he called her from a beach in Marbella to say he wasn't coming back.
Ms Caruana, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, was Alex's legal guardian when he disappeared six years ago, aged 11, after he failed to return from a holiday in Spain with his mother and his grandfather David, 64.
The grandmother was 'nervous' when she agreed for him to go on the supposed one-week break but felt she had 'no choice' but to 'trust them' with Alex excited by the prospect of going on holiday.
Ms Caruana told The Sun she did not hear anything again and for more than half-a-decade and did not know if her grandson was alive or dead.
She broke down in tears when she found out last week Alex had been found walking in the rain on a deserted countryside road heading towards Toulose by a student and delivery driver from Marseilles.
He had reportedly walked for 22 miles over two days, drinking from mountain springs and sleeping in the woods.
'They [Melanie and David] completely and utterly betrayed me and left me heartbroken,' Ms Caruana said.
Alex, now 17, landed in Manchester last Saturday evening, walking off the plane with a skateboard under his arm before being promptly whisked away to meet his grandmother.
Melanie Batty sitting next to her father David Batty and her son Alex Batty (far left) at a market in June 2023
Ms Caruana says she will never forgive her daughter and ex-husband for what they did and revealed Melanie had previously taken Alex to Morocco when he was aged eight to go live in a commune.
Alex Batty tells of his extraordinary escape in first ever interview
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