Investigator says biometric analysis shows woman claiming to Madeline McCann is not her

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An investigator has ruled a woman claiming to be Madeleine McCann is not the missing girl after carrying out biometric analysis.Social media blew up this week after Julie Wendell from Poland created an account on Instagram named @iammadeleinemcann.

She said she started wondering was Maddie "a few months ago" after hearing "something" from her grandma.The young woman is 21-year-old but believes her age could be wrong.

Maddie was would be 19-years-old now after being born in May 2003. Julie says she is a freckle on her leg and a speck on in her eye like Maddie and the McCann's have approached her for a DNA test.Following the claims, private detective Francisco Marco, who led the hunt for Maddie after her disappearance, says he has carried out analysis which rules out the possibility of Ms Wendell being missing Maddie.He told Spanish network RAC1: "I have done a biometric search and there is no resemblance to Madeleine's features."The former director of the Metodo 3 detective agency made clear his suspicions regarding her claims after posting on social media before reaching out to Maddie's family.He added: "I can think it's a fraud, but I can't say without evidence."This girl contacted the police and no one paid attention to her, and she later opened the Instagram account where she now has thousands of followers when she had very few before."People have started taken to social media as part of a trend to show their likeness to Maddie on recent months.The most recent claims, made on TikTok and Instagram, have seen Ms Wendell comparing her photos to those of Maddie as "evidence" that they are the same person.She also wrote on her Instagram story: "I talked with someone from Madeleine's family and I will have a possibility to