July 6, 2026 / 2:08 PM EDT
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A Frenchman convicted for the murder of his wife who disappeared more than half a decade ago — and whose body was never found — has confessed from his jail cell to killing her, his lawyer said on Monday. Cedric Jubillar, 38, was sentenced in October to 30 years in prison for murdering Delphine Jubillar, 33, following a trial that shocked France but in which he had always maintained his innocence. Delphine went missing in rural southern France in December 2020 at the height of the COVID pandemic.In four weeks of hearings in the southern town of Albi, the defense argued that because the body of his wife had never been found there was no certainty a crime had been committed, BBC News reported. But the jury of six civilians and three magistrates decided that there was enough circumstantial evidence to conclude that Jubillar was guilty of murder.
A photograph shows a poster reading as "Justice and truth for Delphine, displayed in the neighborhood of the home of Delphine and Cedric Jubillar in Cagnac-les-Mines, France on Dec. 7, 2022.
