Overview
- His lawyer said Monday that 38-year-old Cédric Jubillar wrote a confession admitting he killed his wife Delphine and hid her body on the night of Dec. 15–16, 2020.
- The lawyer said Jubillar is prepared to cooperate with judicial authorities and to disclose the location of the remains so the couple’s two young children can grieve and bury their mother.
- The confession gives no details on how Delphine died, so investigators will need targeted searches and forensic work to recover remains and determine cause of death.
- Jubillar was convicted in October 2025 and sentenced to 30 years on the basis of corroborating circumstantial evidence even though no body or DNA tied him to the crime.
- His defence team says the confession will require new police steps that make it unlikely the appeal set for September can go ahead as planned.