Overview
- Authorities say Beckerink was served a governor’s warrant signed by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker after completing a 93-day sentence in Michigan for domestic violence and contempt.
- A Michigan judge revoked Beckerink’s bond, and his attorneys told the court he would no longer contest extradition, according to a prosecutor on the case.
- Cook County has charged Beckerink with first-degree murder, alleging he threw Caitlin Tracey over a 24th-floor stairwell railing at 1201 South Prairie Avenue on Oct. 25, 2024.
- Police reported that a tenant found Tracey’s severed foot two days later and officers discovered her body at the bottom of the stairwell.
- Legal analysts say prosecutors may seek to use Beckerink’s Michigan domestic violence convictions as pattern evidence in the Chicago case while the defense is expected to challenge admissibility.