Maedean Davin, 74, a white woman from Duluth, Minnesota, was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound at her 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 Maedean Davin deceased in a recliner inside the residence, a scene that investigators described as consistent with a close-range shooting. Officers took her 46-year-old son, Nathan D. Davin, into custody at the scene and booked him into the St.
Louis County Jail.
In the days that followed, prosecutors filed a count of second-degree murder with intent against Nathan D. Davin. A criminal complaint outlined that Maedean Davin had been seated in a recliner when she was shot; later reporting added that the wound was to her face at close range. Court documents also noted a recorded moment from the police interview area in which the suspect, alone in the room, could be heard saying words tantamount to a confession.
News of the killing rippled through the Twin Ports. Maedean Davin, 74, was remembered as a longtime AMSOIL employee and a recent staffer at Summit School, where colleagues planted a memorial tree in her honor. Obituaries and memorial pages recorded her birth on May 30, 1951, and her ties to Meadowlands and Duluth, while community posts and local outlets marked the date of her death as August 16, 2025.
As of the charging announcements in mid-August 2025, the case centered on a single arrested suspect: Nathan D. Davin, 46, jailed on a second-degree murder charge in connection with the death of Maedean Davin, 74. No additional suspects were named by authorities in their public statements.
