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Story summary
- Alex Batty (20) was rescued after a delivery driver spotted him in the Pyrenees foothills in December 2023.
- His mother Melanie abducted him as a child and isolated him for six years.
- His grandmother declared him missing in 2017 when he was 11 after his mother and grandfather moved from Spain to France.
- He now works in waste management, giving his young family financial security and renewed purpose.