Cédric Jubillar confronted with crime reconstruction after his confessions
Cédric Jubillar was extracted from prison on Friday for a reconstruction of the murder of his wife Delphine, which he confessed to in July after five years of denial. Around thirty investigators, magistrates and lawyers were mobilised to retrace the events of the night of 15 to 16 December 2020.
Reconstruction of the murder of Delphine Aussaguel
Cédric Jubillar left his cell at Seysses prison on Friday morning, transported by prison van to the couple's home in Cagnac-les-Mines, in the Tarn. According to sudouest.fr, this two-part "reenactment" aims to clarify how the 39-year-old plasterer painter killed his nurse wife and hid her body for five years.
The reconstruction took place first at the couple's home, then at the Mailhoc field where Delphine Aussaguel's remains were exhumed on 16 July. Magistrates, gendarmes, investigators and lawyers for the civil party observed the accused man's actions at the crime scene. Around one hundred and fifty gendarmes ensured the security of the two villages involved.
Jubillar confessed on 15 July to having strangled Delphine following an argument in their house while the children were sleeping. He then revealed the location of the body — at the edge of a field in Mailhoc, around ten kilometres away. DNA analysis of the remains found confirmed their identity on 16 July.
However, the lawyers for the civil party contest the scenario presented by the accused. Laurent Boguet, lawyer for the couple's children, emphasises that the first trial had established that Jubillar had considered this murder several weeks beforehand and had spoken about it to close ones, sometimes in a tone that seemed to be joking — stating that he would kill his wife, bury her and that no one would find her.
"The presentation consisting of saying: 'I lost control provoked by Delphine', I find it hard to believe," Mr Boguet declared before joining his colleagues for the reconstruction.
The question of premeditation therefore remains central: had Jubillar considered the crime well before carrying it out? The details provided during this reconstruction could influence the court of assizes, which is to meet from 30 April to 14 May in Toulouse to examine the appeal of the convicted man.
In the first instance, Cédric Jubillar was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment in October 2025. Delphine Aussaguel, 33 years old, was a nurse at the Albi clinic. The events took place in the night of 15 to 16 December 2020, during the lockdown period.
Additional searches were conducted on Wednesday and Thursday in a field in Mailhoc that had not yet been investigated, according to a source close to the inquiry, but no new evidence was discovered. The victim's family regrets that the reconstruction took place during the day, arguing that the nocturnal events of that night should have been reconstructed in similar conditions.
Source: TF1 Info