Bone Remains Discovered in New Search Efforts in the Jubillar Case in Tarn

Mailhoc – 16 July 2026: During a renewed search operation in the Tarn, bone remains were discovered at a location that Cedric Jubillar had identified to investigators as the place where he disposed of the body of his wife Delphine Aussaguel. The findings are undergoing forensic examination. According to the judicial authorities, it has not yet been confirmed either that the remains are human or that they can be attributed to Delphine Jubillar.

The mayor of Mailhoc, Jean-Marc Escoutes, said he was shaken by the discovery. He stated that the area concerned, located within the municipality, had not previously been searched following the disappearance of the nurse. The site is near departmental road 600 in a rural area between Mailhoc and Villeneuve-sur-Vere, around ten kilometres from Cagnac-les-Mines.

The gendarmerie cordoned off the site extensively for the ongoing investigation. Reports from the scene indicate that there is a house that has been unoccupied for years in the middle of a field. Cedric Jubillar was brought from custody for the search operation. Investigators are continuing their work; authorities initially provided no further details on the scope, duration or any additional possible discoveries.

The prosecutor general at the Toulouse Court of Appeal, Nicolas Jacquet, confirmed that the remains were found at the location identified by Jubillar. The samples are to be transferred to the Institut de recherche criminelle de la Gendarmerie nationale in Pontoise. There, biological and genetic analyses, among other examinations, are intended to establish the nature of the bone remains and whether identification is possible.

On 15 July 2026, Cedric Jubillar again admitted responsibility to the judicial authorities for the death of his wife and precisely identified the location, according to the Court of Appeal. On 6 July, his lawyers had already published a letter in which he accepted responsibility for her death for the first time. Delphine Aussaguel disappeared from the couple’s home in Cagnac-les-Mines during the night of 16 December 2020.

In October 2025, Cedric Jubillar was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the murder of his wife. The trial had taken place without a body and without a confirmed reconstruction of the crime scene. Appeal proceedings before the Haute-Garonne Assize Court had so far been scheduled for 21 September 2026 in Toulouse. It remains unclear whether the new developments will affect that date.

For Delphine Jubillar’s family, an unequivocal identification could be of central importance. Laurent Boguet, the lawyer representing her children, spoke of possible relief, as it could make a grave and more reliable answers possible. However, the pending examinations remain decisive. Until they are completed, the discovery must not be regarded either as proof of identity or as a final resolution of the case.