Alleged Harasser Questioned: 'However Suppose I Could Be Madeleine?'
A woman charged with stalking Kate McCann allegedly left her a recorded message which posed: "suppose I am Madeleine?"
Julia Wandelt, twenty-four, who court testimony revealed has persistently claimed she was the vanished Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are standing trial accused with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February 2025.
On Monday, the tribunal learned communication data and data obtained from phones recorded Ms Wandelt consistently demanding Madeleine's mother for a genetic test throughout the past two years.
Madeleine's case in 2007 - as a three-year-old during a family holiday in Portugal - is among the most publicized investigations and continues to be unsolved.
'I Am Not Seeking Money'
A separate recorded message, played in court, recorded Ms Wandelt declaring: "I understand I'm fat and unattractive like Madeleine used to be, but I feel what I feel."
While one recording of Ms Wandelt's one-way conversations with Mrs McCann's recording expressed: "Imagine there is a small chance that I am Madeleine? What then? Is that not significant for you?"
"I do not need money, I possess a life here in Poland, I simply desire to know," the message continued.
The panel was told that via emails, SMS messages and calls, Ms Wandelt demanded a genetic test, sent childhood photos to her phone in a effort to display a resemblance to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and stated to have "memories" from a early life with the McCanns.
The investigator, a data specialist with law enforcement who compiled the information, advised the court there "didn't appear to be any answers" from Mrs McCann.
Ms Wandelt additionally reached out to close associates of the McCanns, based on the call data.
On October 9th, 2024, the father picked up a call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "the wrong phone."
During that incident Ms Wandelt left a voicemail on Mrs McCann's answerphone saying "I will persist and I plan to establish my point."
The court was informed Mrs Spragg developed a relationship via internet with Ms Wandelt prior to joining her on a appearance to the McCanns' residence in that area in last December.
Phone records revealed Mrs Spragg had reached out using WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to say the media had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she ought to be considered genuine in the months leading up to the visit to that location, the county, in December 2024.
The court heard message exchanges between the two accused, in that autumn, considering endeavoring to acquire Mrs McCann's genetic material from her garbage or from cutlery at a eating establishment.
"We need to take action," Mrs Spragg advised Ms Wandelt.
On the night of the trip to their home, Mrs Spragg sent a message which expressed: "We find ourselves positioned near the McCanns' home with our headlights off similar to private investigators. I desired to achieve this with another person I didn't imagine I would be involved in this with the McCanns."
The case proceeds.
