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Revealed: First Message From Boy Found 6 Years After Disappearance

BOLT FROM THE BLUE

Alex Batty wrote the words to his grandmother, who hasn’t seen him since he failed to return from a family vacation.

Dan Ladden-Hall
Dan Ladden-Hall 

Breaking News Editor

An undated still image shows Alex Batty, from Greater Manchester, Britain, who went missing in 2017, and has been found in France.
Greater Manchester Police via Reuters
Dan Ladden-Hall

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