Greater Manchester Police statement on Alex Batty
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Greater Manchester Police has been contacted regarding a possible sighting in France of Alex Batty, who went missing in 2017.
Officers in Oldham are in contact with French authorities to establish the authenticity of the report.
A spokesperson for GMP said: “This is a complex and long-running investigation, and we need to make further enquiries as well as putting appropriate safeguarding measures in place.”
Alex, who is from Oldham in Greater Manchester and was 11 at the time of his disappearance, left the UK on 30 September 2017 for a pre-agreed family holiday in Spain.