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Detention Hearing Delayed for Extradited Chicago Attorney Charged in Wife’s 2024 Death

Prosecutors say he threw Caitlin Tracey over a 24th-floor stairwell railing at her South Loop condo building.

Overview

  • Judge Susana Ortiz granted a defense request to postpone Adam Beckerink’s detention hearing to Friday at 11:30 a.m., and he remains held at the Cook County Jail.
  • Beckerink was extradited from Michigan after completing a 93-day sentence for domestic violence tied to incidents involving Tracey.
  • He faces two counts of first-degree murder in Cook County in connection with the Oct. 25, 2024 incident at 1201 South Prairie Avenue.
  • Charging documents allege he threw Tracey from a 24th-floor stairwell; the medical examiner ruled she died from multiple injuries from a fall, and a severed foot was found in the building.
  • Police say Beckerink filed a misleading missing-person report before her body was discovered, with surveillance video contradicting his account.