Maedean Davin, 74, was found dead at her Duluth home on the 1500 block of North 9th Avenue East on Saturday, August 16, 2025. Police were called just before 2 p.m. and discovered her deceased in a recliner; investigators described the scene as consistent with a close-range shooting and later reports specified a gunshot wound to her face.

Officers took her 46-year-old son, Nathan D. Davin, into custody at the scene and he was booked into the St. Louis County Jail. Prosecutors filed a count of second-degree murder with intent against him; court documents note a recorded moment in the police interview area in which the suspect, alone in the room, could be heard saying words tantamount to a confession. No additional suspects were named by authorities in public statements.

Davins and community members remembered Maedean as a longtime AMSOIL employee and a recent staffer at Summit School, where colleagues planted a memorial tree in her honor. If anyone knew Maedean, her routines, or has information about what happened on August 16, please come forward.