Overview
- After completing a 93‑day sentence in Michigan, Beckerink was extradited on an Illinois governor’s warrant and is being held at Cook County Jail.
- Tuesday’s detention hearing was postponed to Friday at the request of the defense, which said it needs time to review the state’s voluminous evidence.
- Beckerink faces two murder counts, with court records alleging he threw Tracey over a stairwell railing at 1201 South Prairie Avenue on Oct. 25, 2024.
- The medical examiner ruled Tracey died from injuries of a fall from height; her body was found at the bottom of the stairwell and a severed foot was discovered days earlier.
- Beckerink, a former Duane Morris tax partner, was previously detained after filing an inaccurate missing‑person report, and officials framed the case within efforts to address domestic‑violence‑related homicides.