Cédric Jubillar's confession have caused a shockwave even among those who had supported him. According Paris-MatthewSéverine, his ex-partner, who had a relationship with him between April and June 2021 before his arrest, now speaks of her anger, her exhaustion and her feeling of having been manipulated for years.
Sentenced in October 2025 to 30 years in prison for the murder of his wife Delphine, who disappeared on the night of December 15-16, 2020, in Cagnac-les-Mines, Tarn, Cédric Jubillar has confessed to killing her in a letter to his lawyer. This marks a major turning point in a case marked for over five years by the absence of Delphine's body, her husband's denials, and a highly publicized legal process.
Séverine betrayed
Séverine had long believed in him. She had defended him, supported him, and stood by him during a time when Cédric Jubillar was already the subject of intense suspicion. The painter-drywaller's confession drastically alters the interpretation of those years.
Today she confides her breakdown in very harsh words: "I am devastated. He betrayed me. I fought for him, I supported him for months. He exhausted me all these years. I don't wish harm on anyone, but I hope he stays in prison for a very long time. I'm thinking so much about his children. I'm thinking especially of Louis, whom I sometimes had to protect from his father's sudden rages."
These sentences encapsulate the violent upheaval for the woman who had entered Cédric Jubillar's life after Delphine's disappearance. The man she claimed to have defended now acknowledges his responsibility in his wife's death.
In her statement, Séverine doesn't dwell solely on her own anger. She also speaks about Cédric and Delphine Jubillar's children, especially Louis. She states that she sometimes tried to protect him from his father's sudden outbursts of anger.
A confession that turns the whole case upside down.
Since Delphine Jubillar's disappearance, the case had been based on a file without a body, without a formally established crime scene, and without a public confession from Cédric Jubillar. His 30-year prison sentence was handed down despite his repeated appeals.
His confession thus changes the situation. It doesn't fill the void left by Delphine's body, which remains missing, but it puts an end to years of denial. For the missing woman's loved ones, this turning point may also reignite a crucial desire: to know what really happened and where Delphine is.
