Alleged Stalker Questioned: 'However What If I Might Be Madeleine?'
A woman accused with pursuing Kate McCann apparently left her a recorded message which posed: "what if I am Madeleine?"
The defendant, 24, who court testimony revealed has persistently claimed she was the disappeared Madeleine McCann, and her co-defendant are on trial accused with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February 2025.
On Monday, the tribunal learned call records and information obtained from phones documented Ms Wandelt consistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a biological test throughout the past two years.
Madeleine's vanishing in 2007 - at the age of three during a trip in Portugal - is considered the most publicized investigations and continues to be unresolved.
'I Don't Want Money'
A separate phone message, shared in court, documented Ms Wandelt declaring: "I understand I'm overweight and unattractive like Madeleine used to be, but I believe what I believe."
While a separate message of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's answerphone stated: "What if there is a tiny probability that I am she? What then? Isn't that important for you?"
"I am not seeking money, I possess a existence here in Poland, I only wish to discover," the message continued.
The jury was informed that through emails, mobile messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt requested a biological test, sent childhood photos to her phone in a bid to display a likeness to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and stated to have "memories" from a youth with the McCanns.
The investigator, an investigator with law enforcement who compiled the data, told the court there "didn't appear to be any replies" from Mrs McCann.
Ms Wandelt furthermore communicated with close associates of the McCanns, as per the communication logs.
On October 9th, 2024, the father answered a phone call from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, stating she had "a wrong number."
That day Ms Wandelt left a voicemail on Mrs McCann's voicemail saying "I won't give up and I intend to demonstrate my point."
The court learned the co-defendant developed a connection online with Ms Wandelt preceding joining her on a trip to the McCanns' home in the county in December 2024.
Phone records showed Mrs Spragg had communicated through WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to say the media had portrayed Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she should be taken seriously in the months preceding the appearance to that location, the county, in December 2024.
The court heard correspondence between the two accused, in last November, considering endeavoring to acquire Mrs McCann's genetic material from her garbage or from utensils at a restaurant.
"We have to make a stand," Mrs Spragg advised Ms Wandelt.
On the occasion of the trip to their house, Mrs Spragg sent a message which expressed: "We find ourselves sitting outside the McCanns' residence with our lights out similar to investigators. I desired to achieve this with someone else I didn't imagine I would be involved in this with the McCanns."
The trial continues.