Accused Stalker Asked: 'Yet Suppose I Could Be Madeleine?'
A female charged with harassing Kate McCann apparently left her a voicemail message which posed: "what if I am Madeleine?"
The defendant, twenty-four, who court testimony revealed has consistently asserted she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are on trial charged with stalking Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February 2025.
On Monday, the court learned phone records and data retrieved from phones documented Ms Wandelt repeatedly demanding Madeleine's mother for a genetic test over that period.
Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - when she was three years old during a family holiday in Portugal - is considered the most publicized investigations and continues to be unresolved.
'I Do Not Need Money'
One recorded message, played in court, documented Ms Wandelt stating: "I know I'm fat and unattractive like Madeleine was, but I know what I know."
While another instance of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's recording expressed: "Suppose there is a slight possibility that I'm her? Then what? Wouldn't that be important for you?"
"I am not seeking money, I have a existence here in Poland, I just want to understand," the message continued.
The jury was informed that by means of emails, mobile messages and communications, Ms Wandelt asked for a genetic test, transmitted early photographs to her phone in a effort to show a likeness to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and claimed to have "recollections" from a childhood with the McCanns.
The investigator, an intelligence analyst with Leicestershire Police who compiled the information, advised the court there "showed no any answers" from Mrs McCann.
Ms Wandelt also communicated with family friends of the McCanns, as per the communication logs.
On October 9th, 2024, Mr McCann responded to a phone call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, declaring she had "a wrong number."
On that occasion Ms Wandelt recorded a recording on Mrs McCann's answerphone stating "I won't give up and I plan to establish my position."
The court heard Mrs Spragg developed a connection through digital means with Ms Wandelt before joining her on a visit to the McCanns' home in the county in that winter.
Call logs showed Mrs Spragg had contacted through communication app to Mrs McCann to say the media had characterized Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she should be treated respectfully in the period before the trip to Rothley, the county, in December 2024.
The court learned correspondence between the two individuals, in that autumn, considering attempting to obtain Mrs McCann's DNA samples from her bins or from silverware at a restaurant.
"We must make a stand," the co-defendant advised Ms Wandelt.
On the occasion of the visit to their residence, the defendant dispatched a text which stated: "We are sitting near the McCanns' residence with our headlights off like detectives. I had hoped to accomplish this with another person I didn't imagine I would be involved in this with the McCanns."
The proceedings ongoing.
