Overview
- Police say they responded on December 28 to a reported domestic dispute at the Stevensons’ Oak Hill home and found Linda Stevenson unresponsive; lifesaving efforts failed and she was pronounced dead.
- Delaware authorities conducted weeks of forensic work before prosecutors brought the case to a grand jury, which led to a first-degree murder case against William “Bill” Stevenson.
- Stevenson was arrested on February 2 without incident and is being held in Wilmington after failing to post $500,000 bail.
- Reports citing police sources say Stevenson called 911 the night his wife was found and initially cooperated with officers at the scene.
- Officials have not disclosed a motive or full autopsy findings, and Jill and Joe Biden have not issued public statements.