Alex Batty latest updates — Boy who disappeared on holiday with mum Melanie is found after fleeing ‘spiritual community’

ALEX Batty has been found alive after he went missing six years ago after fleeing a “spiritual community”.

Alex Batty, from Lancashire, was just 11 years old when he went missing during a family holiday in Spain in 2017.

Cops launched an investigation into his disappearance, but until today he remained missing.

Local reports said he fled a rural spiritual community in the Pyrenees mountains and hiked for days to escape.

A concerned lorry driver eventually picked him up and contacted police, who interviewed him.

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