Could This Polish Woman Actually Be Madeleine McCann? [Current Affairs]

LOVE MURDER

Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette

True Crime, Comedy

4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

On this week's Current Affairs, Jessie and Andie cover the latest update in the story of Madeleine McCann, the British girl who was abducted at the age of 3 in 2007 in Portugal. Last weekend, a Polish woman named Julia Faustyna Wendelt created an Instagram account called @iammadeleinemccann claiming that she might be the missing girl. On this episode, we provide an overview of the case and share the strange similarities that have convinced Julia that she might be Madeleine. Current Affairs is Love Murder's show about the cases of love gone fatally wrong making the news right now. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Madeleine_McCann https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/who-is-madeleine-mccann-suspect-christian-brueckner-b2286424.html https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/german-cops-unable-prove-paedophile-29245679 https://www.thedailybeast.com/madeline-mccann-parents-ok-dna-test-on-julia-wandelt https://nypost.com/2023/02/22/who-is-julia-faustyna-the-woman-claiming-to-be-madeleine-mccann/ https://www.yahoo.com/news/madeline-mccann-parents-agree-dna-111413387.html Find LOVE MURDER online: Website: lovemurder.love Instagram: @lovemurderpod Twitter: @lovemurderpod Facebook: LoveMrdrPod TikTok: @LoveMurderPod Patreon: /LoveMurderPod Credits: Love Murder is hosted by Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette, produced by Nathaniel Whittemore and edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Love Murder Current Affairs, our show about the cases of love gone fatally
0:12.8	wrong that are in the news right now.
0:16.0	This week, we've watched just about every true crime community from TikTok to Facebook
0:21.1	to you name it.
0:22.9	Just absolutely explode around a new claim by a Polish woman that she is Madeline McCann,
0:29.3	a girl who disappeared in 2007 when she was just three years old.
0:34.0	The disappearance was described by the Daily Telegraph as the most heavily reported missing
0:38.2	person case in modern history, so it's no surprise that this new twist is generating
0:43.8	so much interest.
0:45.7	What we're going to do today is provide an overview of the initial case, including the
0:49.5	debates among authorities around the most likely outcome.
0:52.6	We'll then introduce Julia Fostina Vendelt, a Polish woman who believes that she just
0:59.0	might be the missing Madeline McCann.
1:02.7	You guys are probably familiar with the story, but just so you know, trigger warning for
1:07.5	child abduction and sexual abuse.
1:10.4	The story begins in late April 2007, British citizens Kate and Jerry McCann were on holiday
1:16.6	from the UK, bringing their three-year-old daughter Madeline and her two-year-old twin
1:20.8	siblings.
1:21.9	The family was staying in Priya, Duluth, a village that was sometimes referred to as
1:26.6	little Britain due to how many Brits had vacation homes there and how many more traveled
1:31.0	there for a holiday as well.
1:32.9	The McCanns were staying in an apartment owned by a retired teacher from Liverpool.
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