Jill Biden's Ex-husband Arrested And Charged With Killing His Current Wife

Former first woman Jill Biden's ex-husband was arrested and charged pinch execution successful nan decease of his existent wife, officials said Tuesday.

William Stevenson, 77, was taken into custody Monday and is facing a complaint of first-degree execution successful nan decease of Linda Stevenson, according to a expansive assemblage indictment revenge successful Delaware.

New Castle County Police did not supply specifications connected nan death, but an first merchandise connected her decease noted that officers responded to a home conflict connected Dec. 28 astatine a residence successful nan Wilmington area.

William Stevenson.New Castle County Police

Linda Stevenson was recovered unresponsive successful nan surviving room and died contempt live-saving measures by officers astatine nan scene. The property merchandise astatine nan clip said that her assemblage was turned complete to nan Delaware Division of Forensic Science for an autopsy.

A origin of decease was not included successful nan connection connected William Stevenson's arrest. The expansive jury's indictment connected Monday was nan consequence of an "extensive weeks-long investigation" into nan death, constabulary said.

William Stevenson is presently successful custody astatine nan Howard Young Correctional Institution aft failing to station $500,000 rate bail, constabulary said. It's unclear if he has retained an attorney.

A typical for erstwhile president Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, did not instantly respond to an NBC News petition for comment.

Jill Biden joined Bill Stevenson successful February 1970, erstwhile she was 18 years aged and a student astatine nan University of Delaware, and he was 23.

Soon after, Bill Stevenson went connected to unfastened up The Stone Balloon Club, which became 1 nan astir celebrated assemblage bars successful nan state adjacent nan University of Delaware successful Newark, DE, wherever nan likes of Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews and The Allman Brothers Band played for crowds for decades.

Jill and Bill Stevenson were only joined for 5 years, because successful March of 1975, she met a Delaware Senator named Joe Biden. A civilian divorcement betwixt Jill and Bill Stevenson was granted successful May of 1975.

Jill Biden tried to support a half-share ownership successful nan Stone Balloon but was denied.