Nearly eighteen years after Madeleine McCann’s mysterious disappearance from a Portuguese resort, another young woman has stepped forward, claiming she might be the missing child.

Madeleine was just three years old when she vanished during a family vacation in Lagos, Portugal, in 2007. Despite global media coverage and ongoing investigations, the case has never been conclusively solved. The leading theory remains abduction, though no final answers have emerged. Over the years, a handful of women have come forward claiming to be Madeleine.

One such case that gained widespread attention involved Julia Wandelt, a Polish woman who claimed her DNA results suggested a connection to Gerry McCann, Madeleine’s father. She was later arrested in the UK for allegedly stalking the McCanns.

Now, a second woman has come forward. Eugenea Collins, a 22-year-old from Arkansas, has told the MailOnline that her suspicions about her identity began after she encountered repeated issues trying to obtain identification documents.

“I am unable to get any kind of identification,” Collins said. “I couldn’t even get any help from the people at the Red Cross when my house was burned because I have no identification.”

“I saw pictures of the suspect and he looks like my biological father or who I’ve been told is my biological father my whole life,” she explained. “I never had any relationship with this man whatsoever and I was always told he was a little off in the head.”

“When I first saw the photos of Christian Brueckner, I instantly recognized that man,” she added.

Though her story has attracted curiosity and speculation, as with previous claims, it remains unverified and unconfirmed by authorities.