Overview

• Two neighbors are due to testify on Monday about alleged “cries of fear” the night Delphine vanished, a pillar for prosecutors that the defense plans to attack on timing, duration, and location.
• Defense lawyers highlight contradictions with phone activity at 22:55, questions over a TV advertisement break cited by the child witness, and the claim of ten minutes of screams without other reports.
• Jurors heard an audio recording captured 33 hours after the disappearance in which Cédric speaks about the couple in the past tense; the cousin who recorded it described tears as fake, a characterization not proven.
• The children’s nanny recounted a remark comparing himself to the Daval case, which Cédric denied in court, as friends and relatives voiced suspicions that remain unsupported by probative evidence.
• Mid-trial reporting notes no body or conclusive material traces have been presented and several early indices have been questioned, while a onetime acquaintance says his car was dismantled in 2021 with no findings and he now plans legal action over the unrestituted vehicle.