The number one suspect in the case of the disappearance of the Tarn nurse had already been heard by the investigating judges on October 15 and December 3.
Despite the failure of the excavations launched on January 17, not far from the couple’s home, the investigation continues into the disappearance of Delphine Jubillar, who mysteriously disappeared on the night of December 15 to 16, 2020. This Friday, February 11, Cédric Jubillar, the husband of the young nurse, will again be heard by the examining magistrates.
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The latter had already been questioned for the first time on October 15 and then a second time on December 3. During these hearings, it was notably a question of the course of the evening of the disappearance, the relations between Delphine and Cédric as well as the declarations of the son of the couple, Louis, aged 7, who had assured the investigators that he had heard her parents arguing that night.
Questions about the statements of the fellow prisoner
During this second hearing, Cédric Jubillar should be questioned about the statements of his cellmate who had assured that Delphine’s husband had told him that he had buried her body not far from their home, near a farm which had burned.
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“We are not very worried about this hearing because the research did not validate the statements of this fellow prisoner.“, assures the Figaro one of Cédric Jubillar’s lawyers, Me Emmanuelle Franck. Arrested in early August in Portugal on an arrest warrant, had been repatriated to France for a trial scheduled for September. After obtaining a postponement to prepare his defense, the man was nevertheless placed in pre-trial detention, by decision of the court. Categorized “highly guarded inmate“Because of his criminal record, he had been placed in solitary confinement in Seysses prison and had to circulate in the corridors”only handcuffed“, reports Me Franck. Two weeks later, the man confided in the investigators concerning Cédric Jubillar. “On October 4, two days after speaking, he was released and offered the gendarmes to come and ‘complete’ his statement, even though he was to be detained until November“, launches, skeptical, Me Franck. The man would have finally received a year for “violence” and “threats”, but the sentence could be adjusted.
Emphasizing that the elements provided by the investigators are not “no dependents“but rather data”personality and background“, Cédric’s lawyers think again to demand the release of their client, denouncing in particular “considerable technical and financial resourcesmobilized to find Delphine Jubillar, without result.
Indicted and imprisoned for “murder of spouse” on June 18, 2021, Cédric Jubillar has been in detention for almost nine months, in solitary confinement, in Seysses prison, not far from Toulouse.
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