The young woman gained the attention of the press after creating an account on the social platform “Instagram”. @iammadeleinemcann, in which she announced that she saw in herself a resemblance to the British girl who disappeared 16 years ago. Also, her grandmother’s stories, her mother’s behavior and the teacher’s remarks made her suspicious.
Madeleine disappeared on the evening of May 3, 2007, shortly before her fourth birthday, from a rented apartment in Praia da Luz, a resort town in Portugal’s southern Algarve province, while her parents were having dinner at a nearby restaurant. The girl was three years old at the time, so she would now be 19 years old. Meanwhile, Julia from Poland claims to be unsure of her age (21), and her mother’s avoidance of childhood stories makes her wary.
Despite accusations from many people that Julia is trying to gain popularity by using the world’s most infamous disappearance story, her resemblance to little Madeleine is obvious.
In one of the videos published on her Instagram account, Julia showed “marks on her body”, which are exactly the same as those of the missing Madeleine – a birthmark on her leg, facial contours, but the most visible similarity – a visual defect (coloboma) in the right eye.
Julia has told her followers she is not looking for viral fame and “truly believes” she is the missing Maddie, even asking her parents for proof of her birth and giving statements to the police.
“I have repeatedly asked my mother to show me any photos from her pregnancy, my childhood. Any medical records that would prove the fact of my birth, but she never shows them, under the pretext that I am crazy,” says Julia. She adds that the remarks were also made by the teacher who taught Julia in the smaller classes, prompting an “investigation”.
The growing interest in Julie’s claims has also attracted the attention of missing Madeleine’s parents.
A source close to the family reveals that Madeleine’s parents are willing to consider all versions and the two girls really do look alike.
It should be noted that many have condemned Julia’s actions, and the young woman has even received death threats on the Internet. Meanwhile, Julia herself claims that she did not take money from anyone, and that the DNA test will be done with the consent of Madeleine’s parents.
Kate and Gerry McKenna, now 54, vowed to “never give up” in the search for their missing daughter. The search for Madeleine is estimated to have cost £13m (€14.6m) so far.
It has already been reported that as a result of cooperation between German and British law enforcement officers, a new suspect has been named in the case of three-year-old Madeleine McKenna, who disappeared in 2007 – a 43-year-old German prisoner, who is accused of raping a 72-year-old American tourist in the Portuguese city of Praia da Luz, only 18 months before little Madeleine. disappearances.
The German police have announced that Breckner was once already a suspect in connection with the disappearance of a five-year-old girl who disappeared in Germany.
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