BBCNEWS The July 6, 2024
susan caruana waited six long years for this message from her grandson, alex batty. their first direct contact since he failed to return from a holiday in spain with his mother and grandfather. now back in the uk, alex and his grandma have been speaking to the sun newspaper, describing the last time they spoke over the phone in 2017 from a beach in spain. i said to him, "you are coming home on saturday, aren't you?" and then i heard in the background his mother telling him to put down the phone. all the phones had been switched off, all communications were cut. and ifelt so betrayed....