Suspected Stalker Inquired: 'However Imagine I Might Be Madeleine?'
A individual accused with stalking Kate McCann apparently recorded her a voicemail message which questioned: "imagine I am Madeleine?"
The defendant, twenty-four, who a jury heard has consistently asserted she was the missing Madeleine McCann, and Karen Spragg are on trial indicted with pursuing Kate and Gerry McCann from June 2022 and February 2025.
On Monday, the court learned communication data and evidence obtained from phones recorded Ms Wandelt persistently requesting Madeleine's mother for a biological test over the past two years.
Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 - at the age of three during a vacation in Portugal - is among the most publicized child disappearance cases and is still open.
'I Do Not Need Money'
A separate phone message, shared in court, captured Ms Wandelt saying: "I understand I'm heavy and not pretty like Madeleine had been, but I believe what I know."
While one recording of Ms Wandelt's recordings with Mrs McCann's voicemail expressed: "What if there is a slight possibility that I'm her? Then what? Wouldn't that be crucial for you?"
"I don't want money, I maintain a existence here in Poland, I only wish to know," the recording stated.
The panel was informed that by means of emails, mobile messages and phone calls, Ms Wandelt demanded a genetic test, transmitted youth pictures to her phone in a bid to demonstrate a likeness to Mrs McCann's disappeared daughter, and asserted to have "recollections" from a early life with the McCanns.
The investigator, an intelligence analyst with Leicestershire Police who gathered the data, advised the court there "seemed to lack any replies" from Mrs McCann.
Ms Wandelt also contacted family friends of the McCanns, based on the communication logs.
On that date, Gerry McCann responded to a communication from Ms Wandelt to his wife's phone, saying she had "the wrong phone."
During that incident Ms Wandelt deposited a voicemail on Mrs McCann's voicemail saying "I won't give up and I intend to demonstrate my point."
The court was informed the co-defendant established a connection through digital means with Ms Wandelt preceding joining her on a trip to the McCanns' residence in the county in December 2024.
Communication data revealed Mrs Spragg had communicated through WhatsApp to Mrs McCann to state the media had characterized Ms Wandelt as "mentally unstable" but that she deserved to be treated respectfully in the months leading up to the trip to the village, the county, in that winter.
The court heard communications between the two accused, in November 2024, planning trying to acquire Mrs McCann's genetic material from her trash or from silverware at a eating establishment.
"We must assert ourselves," the co-defendant informed Ms Wandelt.
On the occasion of the appearance to their home, Mrs Spragg dispatched a message which expressed: "We find ourselves sat near the McCanns' house with our headlights off similar to detectives. I desired to do this with another person I never thought I would be involved in this with the McCanns."
The proceedings ongoing.
