Overview

• Cédric Jubillar acknowledged in court that he told an acquaintance he wanted to kill Delphine, saying the remark was made in anger, and he denied having said he would bury her.
• Close friend Anne S. testified that he verbally demeaned Delphine, reported he said, “If she has a lover, I’ll do her over,” and described his grief after her disappearance as performative.
• Anne S. and other witnesses recounted strict and sometimes violent discipline toward the couple’s son, including striking him with a sandal and punitive practices that the accused has partially admitted.
• A childcare worker told the court he once boasted he would have done better than Jonathann Daval so a body would never be found; Jubillar disputed recalling the exchange and the defense noted the claim surfaced years later.
• On the eighth day of hearings, friends, neighbors and colleagues are being heard, the body remains missing, and a verdict is scheduled for October 17 with Jubillar facing a potential life sentence.