Overview
- Stevenson, 77, was arrested without incident Monday and arraigned on one count of first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Linda Stevenson, 64.
- Police say the indictment was the result of an extensive weeks-long investigation into a late-December incident at the couple’s home in Oak Hill, Delaware.
- Officers responding to a reported domestic dispute on Dec. 28 found Linda unresponsive in the living room and she was pronounced dead despite lifesaving efforts.
- Authorities have not released the cause or manner of death; her body was turned over to the Delaware Division of Forensic Science for autopsy.
- He is being held at Wilmington’s Howard Young Correctional Institution after failing to post cash bail, and the case has drawn attention due to his past marriage to Jill Biden and his founding of The Stone Balloon venue.