Boy who disappeared when his mom took him to live in a 'spiritual community' found wandering a mountain road 6 years later

• Alex Batty went missing aged 11 in 2017 while on vacation with his mother and grandfather.
• He was found on Wednesday walking along a mountain road in France.
• His mother likely took him to pursue an "alternative lifestyle," his grandmother said.

A British boy who went missing after going on a family vacation to Spain has been found nearly six years later, walking along a road in France.

Alex Batty, now 17, had gone on vacation with his mother and grandfather, neither of whom had guardianship of him when he disappeared, in 2017, the BBC said.