Overview
- A New Castle County grand jury charged William "Bill" Stevenson, 77, with first-degree murder in the December death of his wife, Linda Stevenson, and police took him into custody on Monday.
- He was arraigned and is being held at the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution after failing to post $500,000 cash bail.
- Officers responded to a reported domestic dispute late on Dec. 28 at the couple’s Wilmington-area home, where Linda, 64, was found unresponsive; lifesaving efforts failed and her body was sent to the Delaware Division of Forensic Science for autopsy.
- Authorities have not released the cause or manner of death, and investigators have not disclosed the evidence presented to the grand jury; the indictment alleges he intentionally caused her death.
- It is unclear whether Stevenson has retained counsel, and representatives for Joe and Jill Biden have not commented; Stevenson was previously married to Jill Biden in the 1970s.