Overview

• The monthlong assize trial begins Monday in Albi with roughly 300 accredited journalists, limited public seating, and jury selection planned for the morning.
• Hearings are slated over about four weeks with 65 witnesses and 11 experts on a 27‑volume file exceeding 15,000 pages, with a verdict expected on 17 October.
• Investigators report no body, no identified crime scene, and no conclusive forensic proof; the case hinges on broken glasses found at the home, neighbors describing terrified screams, and the couple’s son recounting a dispute that night, with alleged detention confessions from a codétenu and two former companions to be tested in court.
• Cédric Jubillar, detained since June 2021, denies killing his wife as his lawyers condemn what they call a one‑sided inquiry, while the charge of murder by a spouse exposes him to a possible life sentence.
• Early motions are expected to include recognizing two former companions as civil parties and potential requests for new searches near Mirandol‑Bourgnounac based on contested geolocation data.