Overview
- William Stevenson, 77, was arrested at his Wilmington-area home after a grand jury indictment and is jailed on $500,000 cash bail at the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution.
- Police say officers responded late Dec. 28 to a reported domestic dispute and found Linda Stevenson, 64, unresponsive; lifesaving efforts failed and her body was sent for autopsy.
- Investigators have not released the cause or manner of death or the evidence underlying the indictment, and the case remains active.
- Stevenson was arraigned on a first-degree murder charge; authorities have not said whether he has retained an attorney.
- The Delaware attorney general’s office confirmed Stevenson is Jill Biden’s former husband from a 1970–1975 marriage, a background detail officials stress is unrelated to the criminal case.