Julia Wandelt, also known by the names Julia Faustyna and Julia Wendell, shocked the world last year when she claimed to be the missing three-year-old in the most reported on missing person’s case ever.
The Metropolitan Police has spent £13.2 million investigating the high-profile case as of March 2024.
The British girl was last seen sleeping in an apartment room with her younger twin siblings Sean and Amelie at the Praia da Luz resort in Portugal in May 2007.
Madeleine vanished while her parents were at a nearby restaurant with friends.
Now, to prove her claim, Wandelt was awaiting the results of DNA test during an episode of Dr Phil to find out where she was born.
However, Dr Fia Johansson – Wandelt’s representative and psychic medium – told Radar Online in 2023 that ‘she is absolutely 100 percent from Poland’.
“She is a small percentage of Lithuanian and Russian, but the test results show she is Polish,” she said.
Since then, she continues to share her version of events.
Julia Wandelt believes she is Madeleine McCann (YouTube/Break The Ice)
Recalling the time she was ‘kidnapped’, she recently told the Break The Ice podcast: “I remember being taken, I remember being abused before being taken, and I remember that I was put into the car.
“I remember that someone used something like a syringe to put something [in] my body.
“I remember that someone gave me for the window to someone, to a man who had, and I don’t remember the face, I only remember that he had dark hair and that he was slim and tanned skin.”
The Polish woman also alleges that she has reached out to Kate and Gerry McCann to do a DNA test, but they didn’t respond.
Meanwhile, the two people believed to be Wandelt’s parents have ‘refused’ to do a test with her, because they ‘know I’m their child’.
Wandelt claims she has the same scar as McCann (YouTube/Break The Ice)
Earlier today (26 November), Wandelt was responding to questions and sharing her replies on Instagram Stories.
“If the McCanns won’t do DNA is worth trying with the parents who raised you again or relative,” one person said, as the woman replied: “All of them refuse to do DNA test.”
Meanwhile, Dr Johansson insisted last year that Wandelt’s mother is definitely her mother.
“They’re not 100 percent but they believe that Julia’s mum is in fact her mum. They’re questioning her father’s side,” the psychic said.
The health professional was previewed to almost 500 pages of her medical records, which stated that she suffered a skull fracture at just eight years old.
Dr Johansson claimed Wandelt wasn’t able to speak or walk for more than a year.
Julia Wandelt, from Poland, believes she is Madeleine McCann, who vanished from the Praia da Luz resort in Portugal in May 2007.
The three-year-old was on holiday with her parents Kate and Gerry McCann, and her younger twin siblings Sean and Amelie.
Madeleine disappeared from the hotel room she had been sleeping in with her brother and sister on the last day of the family’s seven-day stay.
The parents were at a nearby restaurants when the girl went missing.
Madeleine McCann has been missing since May 2007 (PA)
Last year, Wandelt sent the media into a frenzy after claiming she was the McCann’s missing daughter.
During an episode of Dr Phil, she was awaiting the results of DNA test to find out where she was born and about her heritage.
However, Wandelt’s representative and psychic medium, Dr. Fia Johansson, told Radar Online ‘she is absolutely 100 percent from Poland’.
“She is a small percentage of Lithuanian and Russian, but the test results show she is Polish.” she said.
Amid the negative test results, Wandelt has appeared on a recent episode of the Break The Ice podcast to show some more ‘evidence’.
Julia Wandelt believes she is Madeleine McCann (YouTube/Break The Ice)
“I also have the same scar, if you look closely on some of these pictures or if you will change some contrast, shadows, lights,” she claimed.
“It’s not retouching, it’s just changing some parameters of pictures, you will see that Madeleine had the small scar on her
right cheek and I also have, and I will also send you this.”
She also claims to have memories of the kidnapping, saying: “I remember being taken, I remember being abused before being taken, and I remember that I was put into the car.
Wandelt claims she has the same scar as McCann (YouTube/Break The Ice)
“So I remember being abused before being taken by a man, and other people were in the room, and I remember that someone used something like a syringe to put something [in] my body.
“I remember that someone gave me for the window to someone, to a man who had, and I don’t remember the face, I only remember that he had dark hair and that he was slim and tanned skin.
“This man who took me, I remember that he took me diagonally to the car that was hidden, a little bit later I remember that I couldn’t move my body in any way.
“I couldn’t say anything but I was mindful what was happening and I saw the full moon.
“I published the memories on my Instagram and I published that I saw the full moon and people checked if there was a full moon and they said that there was, they showed me the pictures of moon phases.”
The Polish woman also claims that she had reached out to Kate and Gerry McCann to do a DNA test with her, while also adding that her parents have ‘refused’ to do a DNA test because they ‘know I’m their child’.
In January 2024, Wandelt said that she ‘regrets’ saying that she was McCann, and also apologised to Kate and Gerry McCann.
She said: “I never meant to hurt anyone – including [the] McCanns. I really wanted to know who I am.”
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