Bones Found in the Tarn Identified as Delphine Aussaguel

Villeneuve-sur-Vere – 19/07/2026: According to information from sources close to the investigation, the bone remains found in the Tarn have been identified as belonging to Delphine Aussaguel. France Televisions reported this, citing a source familiar with the proceedings. The examination at the National Gendarmerie’s forensic institute confirmed the identity of the missing woman. For her family, the news above all brings an end to years of agonizing uncertainty.

The bones were discovered on Thursday, July 16, during search operations near Villeneuve-sur-Vere. According to Nicolas Jacquet, prosecutor general at the Toulouse Court of Appeal, they were located at a site that Cedric Jubillar had identified to investigators as the place where he claims to have left his wife’s body. Initially, judicial authorities had referred only to possibly human bones.

Delphine Aussaguel, who was generally known to the public as Delphine Jubillar, disappeared from her home in Cagnac-les-Mines during the night of December 16, 2020. The then 33-year-old nurse remained missing for more than five years despite extensive searches, questioning, and forensic investigations. Her disappearance attracted considerable attention far beyond the Tarn.

In October 2025, Cedric Jubillar was sentenced by the Tarn Assize Court to 30 years in prison for murdering his wife. According to the information now made public, he is said to have made a written confession in early July 2026 and subsequently provided information on the location during the search operations. The precise legal significance of these new statements still needs to be clarified in the ongoing proceedings.

With the identification of the bone remains, investigators now have physical evidence directly connected to the fate of Delphine Aussaguel for the first time. Following such discoveries, specialists at the Gendarmerie’s forensic institute regularly examine not only the identity, but also the condition and location of the remains. No statements concerning the cause of death or a possible sequence of events were made public on Sunday.

The search at the site ended on Friday evening. Before then, gendarmes had searched the grounds in a field in the north of the department and secured further possible evidence. For Delphine Aussaguel’s family, the forensic confirmation is likely to bring a bitter certainty: it provides clarity about her fate without undoing the suffering of the past years.

At the same time, the case remains judicial proceedings in which new evidence must be carefully assessed. The Toulouse public prosecutor’s office and Cedric Jubillar’s defense team initially did not comment in detail on the laboratory results on Sunday. Further statements are likely to depend on what additional findings the forensic examinations produce.