Overview
- A Cook County judge on Monday approved a warrant charging Beckerink with first-degree murder, alleging he threw Tracey from the 24th floor of 1201 South Prairie Avenue.
- Tracey was discovered on Oct. 27, 2024, after a tenant found her severed foot in the stairwell and police located her body at the bottom of the stairs.
- Beckerink reported Tracey missing the day before she was found and was questioned for two days in 2024 before being released without charges.
- Last week in Michigan, Beckerink pleaded no contest to domestic violence and was sentenced to 93 days in jail plus probation, and he remains held in the Berrien County Jail as a contempt allegation was also disclosed.
- Defense statements maintain his innocence, and authorities have not announced a Cook County court date or extradition details.