"British Teen Alex Batty Returns Home After 6-Year Disappearance in France"

The owners of a French farmhouse where British teenager Alex Batty stayed during his years missing abroad have shared details about his time living there. Alex, who went missing in 2017 at the age of 13, returned to the UK on Saturday after walking alone for days in the French Pyrenees to find help. The gite owners described him as "part of our family" and said he did odd jobs in exchange for food and accommodation. They helped him find a place at a school but learned he needed official identification, prompting his decision to return to the UK. The whereabouts of his mother, who he intended to join, are unknown.