EXCLUSIVE: "DEAR MUMMY KATE..." — INVESTIGATORS FIND BOXES OF LETTERS IN JULIA'S RENTAL, WRITTEN EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR 2 YEARS.
(Please read to the end of this article for the disturbing contents of the final letter found on her desk).
BY CRIME DESK INVESTIGATORS
LEICESTERSHIRE — When police handcuffed Julia Wandelt (also known as Julia Faustyna) outside the McCann family home in February 2025, they thought they were arresting a nuisance.
The Polish woman, who infamously claimed to be Madeleine McCann in 2023 despite DNA evidence proving otherwise, had returned to the UK.
She was charged with aggravated stalking.
But when detectives entered her temporary rental property just miles from Rothley, they realized this was not a simple case of harassment.
It was a shrine to a dangerous obsession.
Stacked in the corner of the damp bedroom were three large plastic crates.
Inside them were over 1,000 handwritten letters.
THE DAILY RITUAL
According to evidence logs, Julia had written a letter to Kate and Gerry McCann every single day since her DNA test came back negative in 2023.
She never mailed them. She kept them.
"It was a ritual," a source close to the investigation told The Crime Desk.
"Every night, she would sit at her desk and write to the people she still believed were her parents."
PHASE 1: THE DELUSION OF LOVE
The letters from early 2023 are heartbreaking. They are written in shaky English, filled with smiley faces and pleas for acceptance.
"Dear Mummy Kate," one letter dated April 2023 reads.
"I forgive you for not believing me yet. I know it is hard. But I am here. I am waiting for you to come pick me up."
In these early notes, Julia describes her day, what she ate, and her dreams, writing as if she were a child away at summer camp, just waiting to be collected.
PHASE 2: THE SILENCE AND THE RAGE
But as the dates progress into 2024, the tone of the letters shifts dramatically.
The handwriting becomes jagged. The smiley faces disappear.
The ink is pressed so hard onto the paper that it tears through to the other side.
The "Love-Hate" obsession began to take hold.
"Why don't you answer me?" a letter from July 2024 screams in capital letters.
"I am standing right here. I am famous. The whole world knows me. Why do you look at the ghost of a dead girl when you have a living daughter?"
THE THREATS BEGIN
By late 2024, the letters turn from pleas for love into chilling threats.
Psychologists call this "narcissistic rage"—the anger that erupts when a delusional fantasy is rejected by reality.
In a letter dated January 2025, just weeks before her arrest, Julia wrote:
"If you don't want me, then you don't deserve peace."
"You love the sadness more than you love me. I will make sure you never forget my face. I will be closer than you think."
THE FINAL LETTER
The most disturbing discovery was the final letter, found open on her desk the night she was arrested.
It was not addressed to "Mummy Kate."
It was addressed to Madeleine.
In it, Julia seemingly speaks to the missing girl as a rival she needs to eliminate.
"You are the problem," the note reads. "As long as they are looking for you, they can't see me. You need to disappear for real."
It is the writing of a woman who has lost her grip on reality, believing she is in a competition with a ghost.
Julia Wandelt is currently being held without bail, undergoing psychiatric evaluation.
But the 1,000 letters remain as a terrifying testament to how a desire for belonging can twist into a desire to destroy.
Disclaimer: The events, the specific quotes from the letters, and the details regarding the arrest in 2025 described in this article are based on unverified reports, fictionalized scenarios, and current speculation. The information presented requires further official investigation to confirm its authenticity.