The Polish Woman Who Claims She Is Missing British Toddler Madeleine McCann Has Got Her DNA Results And It’s Negative
Julia Wendell’s Instagram has gained more than 863,000 followers in less than a week.
A 21-year-old Polish woman who gained widespread attention for claiming she is the missing British toddler Madeleine McCann has got her DNA results back, and the results are negative.
@iammadelelinemccan, the Instagram account of Julia Wendell – who has also been identified as Julia Faustyna and Julia Wandelt – has gained more than one million followers in just over a week.
On it, Wendell had been sharing photos and videos comparing what she said was similarities between herself and McCann.
Now, DNA results have shown that Wendell is not McCann. She is from Poland, with some Lithuanian and Romanian heritage, according to reports.
Three-year-old McCann disappeared while on holiday in Portugal with her family in 2007 in a case that spark worldwide interest.
McCann, her parents and two younger twin siblings had traveled from the UK to Portugal in 2007.
Her parents left the children to sleep in an apartment in Praia da Luz at 8:30 pm and went to dine with friends in a restaurant 55 meters away.
The adults checked on the children throughout the evening until McCann’s mom discovered she had gone missing at 10 pm.
Throughout the years, there have been numerous theories and suspects, including a botched burglary, child trafficking, involvement from her parents and a Portuguese predator.
However, no one has been charged.
