The girl who captured the intrigue of the world by claiming to be Madeleine McCann has sent a message to the parents of the missing British girl.
Julia Wendell - also known as Julia Faustyna or Julia Wandelt - claimed to be Maddie, a young British girl who vanished while on vacation in Portugal with her parents, Kate and Gerry, in 2007.
The 21-year-old, from Poland, set up an Instagram account with the handle @iammadeleinemccann, but since DNA test results have confirmed that she is "100% Polish", Julia issued a statement.
Taking to Facebook, Julia began the lengthy statement: "First, I would like you to know that I’m not a liar, I’m not delusional, I’m not attention seeker, I’m not doing it for fame and I’m not a pedophile."
The 21-year-old expressed that while everyone is entitled to their opinions on her, people should make their judgments based on fact, not what they have read online.
When appearing on the Dr. Phil show, Julia touched on being sexually abused by a man called Peter Ney, who she believed to be linked to Martin Ney who was a suspect during the search for Madeleine.
Julia stands by these claims in her statement, stating that Peter Ney allegedly sexually abused her at her home while her mother was in the same house.
The 21-year-old has since explained why she named her Instagram in the way that she did. "I don’t remember most of my memories but I can remember some things and I never said that I am Madeleine McCann," she said.
Julia continued: "I used this sentence to create a [name] for my old instagram account, it was my mistake and I know it and I apologize for that because I should use [the] words ‘Am I Madeleine McCann’, not ‘I am’.
"So it was my fault and it wasn’t my intention to bring sadness or another negative emotions to anyone, especially to McCann family. My main purpose was always to find out who I am and what exactly happened in my very hurtful past," she said.
Julia went on to explain why she went public with her beliefs. "Since I’ve started believing that my mother can’t be my mother, I’ve started to research missing children. And then I found [a] picture of Madeleine and I tried to find out more about her abduction, that’s why I joined many Facebook groups about her unsolved case," she explained.
Though it seems as if Julia still holds belief that she could be the missing British girl. "I believe that my birth certificate could be forged. I still believe that it’s a possibility that I could be Madeleine and don’t be bad I will tell you why," she said.
Julia continued: "When I was doing [the] dna test in USA it was DNA kit from company called Ancestry. Fia didn’t want to give me results over one week me asking for it.
"When she finally gave me access to my results I was so shocked because it was on another company’s website. Tell me please, how [is it] possible that my results came to [the] website of competitive company?"
She concluded the statement by revealing that she is set to give a "very important update" soon.
