Posted on 12/14/2023 5:02:17 PM PST by RandFan
British teenager Alex Batty did not seem angry about being "kidnapped" by his mother six years ago and now just wants to live a "normal life", the French student who found him has told Sky News.
Fabien Accidini offered the 17-year-old a lift in the early hours of Wednesday morning after spotting him walking alone in heavy rain near the southern French city of Toulouse.
As the pair travelled together, Alex revealed he had been kidnapped by his mother in 2017 when he was just 11 and had lived in a luxury house in Spain with around 10 people as part of a "spiritual community", before moving to France in around 2021.
The teenager said he had been hiking in nearby mountains for more than four days in an attempt to return to England.
Speaking to Sky News in his first interview with a British news organisation, Mr Accidini said Alex seemed tired and stressed when he picked him up, but was otherwise calm and was "really fine physically".
The 26-year-old initially did not believe the Briton's story but eventually agreed to call the police after hearing more details of what happened to him.
Alex went abroad with his mother Melanie Batty, 38, who does not have legal parental guardianship, and his grandfather David Batty, 59, on a pre-agreed trip when he was 11.
He flew with them to Malaga Airport for a week-long stay in the Benahavis area near Marbella. However, the family did not return to England as expected in October 2017.
Despite international public appeals, Alex's legal guardian - his grandmother Susan Caruana - has not seen him since he left the UK.
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Well thats wild. At least it was a luxury house in Spain I suppose.
Toulouse? give me a break. so many posts here are a huge waste of time.
There was a kid,I think from Wisconsin who was kidnapped in the seventies or eighties that was kept as, I think, a sex slave for like 15 years before he just walked away from kidnappers and went home.
Once there was this kid who
Got into an accident and couldn’t come to school
But when he finally came back
His hair had turned from black into bright white
If that is the person I’m thinking about, he was killed in a crash later in life. I think his name was Steven.
Toulouse? give me a break.
No, I won.
If that is the person I’m thinking about, he was killed in a crash later in life. I think his name was Steven.
Steven Stayner was a kid in California kidnapped when 7. Walked away from his kidnapper at age 14 with a 5 year old the guy had recently kidnapped.
He was killed in an auto accident in 1989.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Stayner
sad life story because he did indeed die in a MVA...
and Steven’s brother turned out to be a murderous animal, who killed two women in Yosemite Nat Park IIRC....
4 women
Yes.
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