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Alex Batty is said to have lived in the caravan, reportedly found abandoned in the remote area of France known as Ariege, for some time before he suddenly reappeared last week

When French police interviewed 17-year-old Alex Batty he said his mum Melanie had gone to Finland and his grandad David was dead - now cops say they have their doubts

Alex Batty’s mum Melanie has reportedly abandoned her campervan in France close to where her son was living in a 'spiritual community' and could even have gone to see the Northern Lights in Finland

Alex Batty's mum gave massages and wanted to set up her own commune in the south of France, claimed an expat who knew her. The teen has now returned to home to the UK after being missing for six years

Brit teenager Alex Batty who was missing for more than six years has returned to his family in Oldham, Greater Manchester, in time for Christmas after being found in the south of France

Alex Batty has spoken publicly for the first time since returning home to Oldham, Greater Manchester at the weekend. The 17-year-old had been missing for more than six years when he was found in France last week

From the rural guesthouse in France where Alex had been living to mother Melanie's move to Finland and conspiracy theory beliefs, here's everything we know about the British teen's remarkable story

Alex Batty was missing for more than six years before he returned to the UK, with sources claiming his mum and grandad had become involved with online conspiracy theories

Alex Batty was found wandering along a country road in France, six years after he went missing. British police now want to piece together more details about what happened to him

Police say the search for Alex Batty's mum Melanie, who allegedly kidnapped him six years ago, continues in France after claims she may have travelled to Finland to see the Northern Lights

Alex set off for the UK last Sunday in the hopes of getting a set of new identity papers because he was desperate to get back to education and lead a "normal life", according to a French family

David Batty, the grandfather of missing British teenager Alex Batty, is said to be alive and well in France, his neighbours have claimed - it comes after authorities said he was dead

Alex Batty has been reunited with his family after he was discovered walking along a rural road in the south of France earlier this week, years following the teenager's disappearance

Teenager Alex Batty, found six years after he went missing with his mother and grandfather, headed back home to Manchester tonight accompanied by British police officers

Now 17 years old, Alex Batty has been missing for six years after his mother Melanie, 48, allegedly kidnapped him from the guardianship of his grandma, Susan Caruana, 68, from Oldham in Greater Manchester

Alex Batty's gran Susan Caruana shared five years ago how the pain of not knowing her grandson's whereabouts was 'unbearable' - now they're set to be reunited after he was discovered in France

The 17-year-old, who spent the last six years living on a commune with his mother, was discovered on a rural road in France this week but had reportedly attempted to enrol in a local school

Alex Batty could return home to Oldham, Greater Manchester as early as this weekend after the 17-year-old was discovered on a rural road near Toulouse in France

Six years after he went missing with his mother and grandfather Alex Batty was found earlier this week wandering along a country road in France and is set for an emotional reunion with his grandmother today

Alex Batty, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, vanished years ago, aged just 11, before he turned up in France and was found by a lorry driver, who he told his mum had 'kidnapped' him

Missing British boy Alex Batty vanished six years ago while on holiday with his mum and grandfather - who are believed to have abducted him - before joining a spiritual commune

Alex Batty vanished aged 11 when travelling with his mum and grandfather, but miraculously turned up recently, telling the lorry driver who found him he had been 'kidnapped'

Alex went missing in 2017 after going on a family holiday to Spain and detectives believe he was abducted by his mother Melanie Batty to live an "alternative" lifestyle abroad

Alex Batty is expected to have an emotional reunion with grandmother Susan Caruana back in Oldham, Greater Manchester, in the next few days after he was found in France

Alex Batty spoke to his grandmother Susan Caruana for the first time in six years last night after he was found by a medical student wandering through the mountains in southern France