Suspected Stalker Inquired: 'Yet Imagine I Could Be Madeleine?'
A woman charged with stalking Kate McCann allegedly left her a recorded message which asked: "what if I am Madeleine?"
The defendant, 24, who a jury heard has repeatedly declared she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are standing trial indicted with harassing Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February 2025.
On Monday, the court learned phone records and data obtained from phones recorded Ms Wandelt repeatedly requesting Madeleine's mother for a DNA test during that period.
Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - at the age of three during a trip in Portugal - is one of the most covered investigations and continues to be open.
'I Don't Want Money'
A separate recorded message, played in court, recorded Ms Wandelt declaring: "I realize I'm fat and not pretty like Madeleine used to be, but I know what I feel."
While another instance of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's recording stated: "What if there is a tiny probability that I'm her? Then what? Is that not crucial for you?"
"I am not seeking money, I have a life here in Poland, I only wish to understand," she added.
The tribunal was informed that via emails, SMS messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt asked for a biological test, forwarded childhood photos to her phone in a attempt to show a likeness to Mrs McCann's missing daughter, and claimed to have "recollections" from a early life with the McCanns.
The investigator, an intelligence analyst with law enforcement who compiled the information, informed the court there "showed no any replies" from Mrs McCann.
Ms Wandelt additionally contacted close associates of the McCanns, based on the communication logs.
On 9 October 2024, Mr McCann picked up a communication from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "incorrect contact information."
That day Ms Wandelt left a message on Mrs McCann's recording saying "I won't give up and I will prove my point."
The court heard Mrs Spragg developed a connection through digital means with Ms Wandelt prior to joining her on a trip to the McCanns' property in that area in December 2024.
Call logs demonstrated Mrs Spragg had reached out via communication app to Mrs McCann to express the press had characterized Ms Wandelt as "a crazy person" but that she should be treated respectfully in the time preceding the visit to the village, Leicestershire, in last December.
The court learned communications between the two accused, in November 2024, considering endeavoring to acquire Mrs McCann's genetic material from her trash or from silverware at a restaurant.
"We must take action," the co-defendant advised Ms Wandelt.
On the evening of the trip to their house, the defendant transmitted a communication which expressed: "We find ourselves sitting outside the McCanns' residence with our lights out resembling private investigators. I wanted to accomplish this with another person I didn't imagine I would be involved in this with the McCanns."
The case ongoing.