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Covert DNA Analysis Verified Alleged Stalker Was Not Madeleine McCann, States Detective
An alleged stalker who asserted to be Madeleine McCann was eliminated after a secret DNA test proved conclusively she was not the long-lost child, investigators stated in court.
Targeted Behavior Targeting McCann Family
Julia Wandelt, aged 24, is alleged to have conducted a campaign of harassment against the relatives of Madeleine, who disappeared from a holiday destination in Portugal in 2007 at the age of three.
The Polish national flooded Kate and Gerry McCann and their adult children, Sean and Amelie, with countless communications, messages, voicemails and letters over a period spanning 2022 to this year, and visited their home insisting on a DNA test, jurors learned during proceedings.
Investigation Details
Providing testimony on Tuesday, the senior investigating officer on Madeleine's disappearance, said he had gone against procedure to test Wandelt “in the hope she may stop her behavior towards the McCann family”.
The senior officer said 13 people had earlier asserted to be the missing girl but that: “We would not take DNA unless we believed that person was Madeleine because I wished to avoid setting a precedent.
“If it became known in the media I had taken DNA off an individual most likely not to be Madeleine, I was concerned I would have had many persons coming forward saying ‘I’m Madeleine’.
“I sincerely hold major concerns about contacting the family to say I intend to take DNA from an individual – that could have built up their expectations. It could have been very traumatic and challenging for the family.”
Genetic Testing
He said the police had already judged Wandelt not to be Madeleine on account of dissimilar appearance and that she was two years older than the missing girl. But, he said, after finding out Leicester police planned to arrest Wandelt on criminal accusations, he “decided that the DNA would be taken during detention”.
He declared: “A comparison took place. It absolutely confirmed that Julia Wandelt is not Madeleine McCann.”
Legal Testimony
The court heard that in April this year, Cranwell met with Wandelt under arrest and stated to her that her DNA had been matched against Madeleine’s and that the samples did not match. The court learned he told Wandelt during the visit: “You are not Madeleine McCann.”
Evidence showed that throughout their discussion, Wandelt asked: “Do you sincerely wish to find Madeleine?”, and Cranwell told the jury he answered: “Yes.”
He said despite the test, he believed Wandelt “would suggest we have tampered with the sample”, stating: “There existed a chance she would never accept she is not Madeleine notwithstanding scientific proof.”
Emotional Distress
In prior court sessions, the court heard how the family were left scared and distressed by their “creepy” and “deeply disturbing” interactions with Wandelt and her co-defendant Karen Spragg, 61, from Cardiff, as the two women attempted to demand a DNA test.
Jurors heard how both women made progressively odd plans” to collect Kate McCann’s DNA, which included searching the McCanns’ bins and stealing utensils from restaurants that they had eaten in.
Both defendants both deny one count of stalking. The case remains active.
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