{"product_id":"convicted-without-a-body-maximilian-c-james-9798193652588","title":"Convicted Without a Body: The Disappearance of Delphine Jubillar, the Trial That Gripped France, and the Confession That Changed Everything","description":"\u003cp\u003eHe was convicted of murder without a body. Then he confessed - and the case changed completely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn December 2020, Delphine Jubillar, a 33-year-old nurse and mother of two, disappeared from her home in southern France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere was no body. No established murder scene. No confession.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor almost five years, investigators built a case from fragments: phone activity, witness accounts, a failing marriage, evidence inside and around the family home, vehicle movements, disputed statements and contradictions that would eventually be tested before a jury.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCédric Jubillar denied killing his wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn October 2025, a French court convicted him of Delphine's murder and sentenced him to thirty years in prison.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNine months later, everything changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCédric admitted responsibility. He provided information that led investigators to an area where human remains were recovered. DNA confirmed they were Delphine's.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the first time, the murder case that had convicted a man without a body could be tested against what came afterwards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich parts of the prosecution's case had been right?\u003cbr\u003eWhich clues had been given more certainty than the evidence justified?\u003cbr\u003eWhat did the confession finally explain - and what did it leave unresolved?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCONVICTED WITHOUT A BODY reconstructs the disappearance, investigation, extraordinary 2025 trial, conviction, 2026 confession and recovery of Delphine's remains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on French legal sources, court reporting, investigative material and contemporary reporting, it examines the evidence from both directions: what investigators and jurors knew when they convicted Cédric Jubillar, and what can be said now that Delphine has finally been found.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book examines: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDelphine's final known hours\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe phone evidence and disputed timelines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe house, vehicles, dogs and witness testimony\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe prosecution's circumstantial case\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe weaknesses challenged by the defence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow a murder conviction without a recovered body was possible\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe confession and search that transformed the case\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewhat investigators got right\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand what the later evidence still did not prove\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its centre remains Delphine: not simply the missing woman around whom a national mystery formed, but the person whose disappearance began the entire case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA documented true-crime investigation into a conviction without a body - and what happened when the body was finally found.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maximilian C. James\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798193652588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d","brand":"Maximilian C. James","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50666138730751,"sku":"9798193652588","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_19da15a2-86e1-4c58-bc89-6aa0897170ad.jpg?v=1792015891","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/convicted-without-a-body-maximilian-c-james-9798193652588","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}