Police Launch Probe Into Alleged Abduction of British Teen Alex Batty Who Went Missing 6 Years Ago

Police Launch Probe Into Alleged Abduction of British Teen Alex Batty Who Went Missing 6 Years Ago
Alex Batty in a file photo. Greater Manchester Police via AP
The Associated Press
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LONDON—A criminal investigation was launched into the alleged abduction of British teenager Alex Batty, who was found last week in France six years after his mother and grandfather took him on a vacation and never returned home, Greater Manchester police said Friday.

Alex, 17, returned to Oldham, near Manchester, on Saturday and was reunited with his grandmother—the legal guardian who had made frantic and emotional appeals over the years for his return.