Eighteen years after Madeleine McCann disappeared from a Portuguese resort, a woman who once claimed to be the missing British child has explained in court what led her to believe she could be her.

During a hearing at Leicester Crown Court, 24-year-old Polish woman Julia Wandelt shared how confusion about her origins and family history pushed her to search for answers online. DNA test results and comments from a charity worker, however, have shed doubts about Wandelt’s claims.

Julia Wandelt is convinced that she is Madeleine McCann, whose disappearance has haunted families for nearly two decades

Madeleine McCann vanished from her family’s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2007 while her parents, Kate and c, were dining with friends nearby.

When Kate returned to check on t

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