Former first girl Jill Biden’s ex-husband has been charged with murdering his spouse following an “in depth weeks-long investigation,” police in Delaware introduced on Tuesday.
Law enforcement officials responding to a “reported home dispute” at a house within the Wilmington group of Oak Hill on Dec. 28 discovered Linda Stevenson, 64, unresponsive on the lounge flooring, based on police. Her husband, William “Invoice” Stevenson, had known as 911, police mentioned on the time.
The reserving photograph for William Stevenson.
New Fort County Police
A grand jury in New Fort County on Monday indicted Stevenson, 77, with first-degree homicide in connection along with his spouse’s demise, based on police.
The indictment alleges he “did deliberately trigger the demise” of his spouse.
Detectives took Stevenson into custody at his residence with out incident, police said. He has since been arraigned and is being held within the Howard Younger Correctional Establishment in Wilmington after failing to submit $500,000 bail, police mentioned.
It’s unclear if Stevenson has an legal professional.
Officers responded to the Stevensons’ residence after 11 p.m. on Dec. 28 and tried lifesaving measures, however Linda Stevenson was later pronounced lifeless, police said.
Detectives from the New Fort County Police Division’s Legal Investigations Unit responded to the scene to imagine the investigation, officers mentioned.
No further particulars, together with the reason for demise, have been launched.
First girl Jill Biden arrives forward of Hunter Biden’s trial at federal courtroom, June 3, 2024, in Wilmington, Del.
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Linda Stevenson ran a bookkeeping enterprise and was “deeply family-oriented,” based on her obituary, which didn’t point out her husband.
Invoice Stevenson based a preferred bar and music corridor within the early Seventies in Newark, Delaware. He’s the previous husband of Jill Biden, the Delaware Division of Justice confirmed to ABC Information. The 2 had been married for 5 years earlier than divorcing in 1975.
Jill Biden married former President Joe Biden two years later, in 1977.
