Overview

• The cour d’assises du Tarn is scheduled to open the monthlong hearing on September 22 with Cédric Jubillar as the sole accused, facing possible life imprisonment after more than four years in pre-trial detention.
• Investigators never recovered Delphine Jubillar’s body and the case file lacks DNA, CCTV footage, or decisive phone location data, with the evidential picture instead citing broken glasses, a duvet in the washer, car condensation, phone activity patterns, and reported screams.
• Delphine’s family will keep a low profile during the proceedings while participating as civil parties, with lawyers also representing the couple’s children in the search for clear answers.
• An attorney for a friend of Delphine plans to renew a motion at the outset to relaunch searches in the Mirandol area, after a similar request tied to contested phone data was denied in May.
• Exceptional media interest is expected with more than 300 journalists registered, as observers recall past no-body prosecutions such as the Viguier affair and note unverified claims from a former cellmate reported during the investigation.