Overview
- Cédric Jubillar told a judge on July 15, 2026 that he strangled his wife Delphine Aussaguel, saying “I grabbed her by the neck and I squeezed,” after five and a half years of denying involvement.
- Gendarmes recovered two femurs the day after the admission at the site Jubillar indicated near the couple’s home, but forensic specialists say those bones alone cannot establish the cause of death.
- The Toulouse court has postponed the appeal trial to the first half of 2027 and will shorten the hearing to roughly two weeks to allow investigators time to complete new acts of inquiry.
- A new commission rogatoire has been issued to the Section de recherches in Toulouse to permit further excavations, DNA and osteological testing, a reconstruction of the night, and psychiatric or psychological expertise of Jubillar.
- Family members and others close to Delphine publicly reject Jubillar’s late account as inconsistent or manipulative, and the case remains contested while investigators work through a large file of prior evidence and the limited new physical findings.