New DNA evidence?
“I am Maddie McCann”: Polish woman (23) won’t give up
She's not giving up! Polish woman Julia Faustyna (23) wants new DNA evidence to confirm that she is the missing Maddie McCann.
The then three-year-old British toddler disappeared from a vacation resort in Portugal in 2007. To this day, there are always new clues, twists and suspects in the case. But where Maddie is and whether she is still alive remains unclear.
First attempt was a flop
Polish woman Julia Faustyna has been claiming to be the missing person for some time. A first attempt to prove her claim with a DNA comparison failed in 2023. The result at the time was that she was said to be 100 percent Polish, unlike Maddie.
Hair and saliva samples from the crime scene?
Now the 23-year-old wants to back up her claim with new DNA results. Faustyna, who also goes by the names Julia Wandelt and Julia Wendell, claims that recent genetic tests show a "high probability" that Gerry McCann, Madeleine's father, could be her biological father. According to her, the results show a 69.23 percent match with hair and saliva samples from the crime scene, suggesting a biological link.
But the fact is: there is no official confirmation of the DNA analyses by any authority, nor are the police involved in this research. The McCanns have also refused to take part in new DNA tests.
Faustyna's spokesman, Surjit Singh Clair, criticized this reluctance and demanded clarification. The McCanns have not yet commented publicly on the latest developments.
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