The ex-husband of former first girl Dr. Jill Biden has been indicted on a murder charge within the dying of his present spouse, authorities said Tuesday.
William Stevenson, 77, was arrested in reference to the dying of his spouse 64-year-old Linda Stevenson, who was found unresponsive in December inside a house in New Castle County, Delaware, police stated.
He was arraigned and is being held at Howard Young Correctional Institution on a $500,000 bond. It’s unclear if he has authorized illustration at the moment.
Stevenson was married to Biden from 1970 till their divorce in 1975. The Biden post-presidential workplace declined to remark about Stevenson’s arrest and prices.
Authorities arrived on the dwelling after receiving a name a couple of home dispute, police stated of their preliminary assertion concerning the incident. Police didn’t share extra particulars about their investigation or Linda Stevenson’s trigger or method of dying.
Linda Stevenson was described as a “deeply family-oriented” one that loved taking holidays together with her daughter and granddaughter, and cheering on the Philadelphia Eagles, in line with her obituary.
In current years, she based a bookkeeping enterprise and have become associates with lots of her shoppers.
“Linda will be remembered as tenacious, kind-hearted, and fiercely loyal,” the obituary stated. “Her strength, resilience, and unwavering love for her family and friends will never be forgotten, and her absence will be felt deeply by all who knew her.”
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