Overview
- New Castle County police say they responded on December 28 to a domestic-disturbance call at the couple’s Wilmington home and found Linda Stevenson unresponsive, after which she was pronounced dead.
- A multi‑week investigation preceded the arrest and first‑degree murder indictment of William “Bill” Stevenson, 77, around February 2–3.
- Bail was set at $500,000, and Stevenson is being held at the Howard Young Correctional Institution after not posting bond.
- Authorities have not disclosed the autopsy findings or a detailed cause of death, and the Delaware Division of Forensic Sciences conducted the examination.
- Stevenson is a known local figure as the former owner of The Stone Balloon near the University of Delaware and was married to Jill Biden from 1970 to 1975.