A Death in New Castle County
New Castle County police responded to the Wilmington-area home of Bill and Linda Stevenson on the night of December 28, 2025, after Bill Stevenson called authorities shortly after 11 p.m. Officers found Linda Stevenson, 64, unresponsive in the living room. Emergency efforts were unsuccessful, and she was pronounced dead at the scene. According to the source account, an initial autopsy reportedly found no evidence of foul play and did not identify a cause of death. Authorities then ordered a second autopsy, a step that has become central to the questions now surrounding the case.
The Charge Against Bill Stevenson
On February 2, 2026, a New Castle County grand jury indicted Bill Stevenson, 77, on a charge of first-degree murder. He was arrested without incident and pleaded not guilty. His bail was first set at $500,000, then quickly raised to $2 million cash bail. Prosecutors have not publicly released a motive, the autopsy reports, or the evidence used to support the indictment. Stevenson, who reportedly lacked the money to hire private counsel, is represented by the New Castle County Public Defender’s Office.
The Biden Connection
Stevenson was once married to Jill Biden, and he has publicly argued that his legal troubles should be viewed against a much older Delaware backdrop. Beginning in 2023, including in an appearance on Newsmax’s Greg Kelly Reports, Stevenson disputed the well-known account that Joe and Jill Biden met on a blind date in 1975. He claimed that he and Jill knew Joe Biden and Biden’s first wife, Neilia, as early as 1972, when Biden was rising in Delaware politics. Stevenson has also alleged that Joe Biden and Jill began a romantic relationship while Stevenson and Jill were still married. The Bidens’ version has long been that they were introduced later, after Joe Biden’s first wife had died.
Old Disputes and New Questions
In her memoir, View from the East Wing, Jill Biden discusses her marriage to Stevenson and their divorce. She recalls trying to obtain an ownership interest in Stevenson’s successful Stone Balloon nightclub during the divorce proceedings, but says she did not succeed. Stevenson has also claimed in media interviews that a federal tax prosecution he faced in the 1980s was tied to bitterness from that divorce dispute. According to the source account, that case involved about $8,200 in payroll taxes that were one week overdue. Those claims are Stevenson’s allegations, not findings by a court in the current murder case.
The Public Records Fight
The case has drawn attention because basic records often released in homicide cases remain unavailable. On June 1, 2026, two Freedom of Information Act requests were submitted to the New Castle County Police Department seeking records including the 911 call, body-camera footage, investigative reports, crime scene records, autopsy materials, evidence logs, warrants, and official communications. The requests were denied in just over an hour, with officials saying the requester was not a Delaware resident. A Wilmington resident then submitted the same requests, and those were denied the next day because officials said the matter involved an ongoing investigation, even though Stevenson had already been indicted.
The Official Explanation
When New Castle County Police public information officer Christopher Williams was asked why records could not be released after formal charges had been filed, he reportedly said, “That’s what the district attorney’s office told us to do.” That answer leaves the public with little to review beyond the indictment itself. In any murder case, especially one involving a person connected by marriage to a former first family, transparency matters. Linda Stevenson’s death deserves a careful and fair process, and Bill Stevenson is entitled to the presumption of innocence unless prosecutors prove their case in court.
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