Key takeaways:
- Alex Batty, now 17 years old, was found in Revel, not far from Toulouse, France.
- The teen told the driver that he’d been living in an alternative community with his mother, wanted to live his own life, and he decided to leave.
- The National Gendarmerie said that even after all these years, the teen looks exactly like the photo of him when he disappeared.
A British teenager who went missing six years ago while on vacation in Spain has been found in southern France, according to authorities.
Alex Batty, now 17 years old, was found in Revel, not far from Toulouse, France when a concerned motorist picked him up, the BBC reported. Officials with the Toulouse National Gendarmerie told NBC News on Thursday they are 90% sure the child is Batty.
Broadcasters BFMTV said the driver had spotted the adolescent looking lost and haggard by the side of a road and drove him to a police station, the Associated Press reported. The teen told the driver that he’d been living in an alternative community with his mother, wanted to live his own life, and he decided to leave.
The National Gendarmerie said that even after all these years, the teen looks exactly like the photo of him when he disappeared. He was taken to the prosecutor’s office where his identity was confirmed by family members, the BBC reported.
A spokesperson from the Toulouse public prosecution office said that he should soon be returning to England. The teenager was hitchhiking in the region and was picked up by a truck driver.
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