The Brief
- The husband of Caitlin Tracey, the woman found dead in a South Loop condo building last year, was charged with first-degree murder.
- Tracey had died due to falling from height last year, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.
- Adam Beckerink had pleaded no contest and was sentenced in a separate domestic abuse case in Michigan.
CHICAGO – The husband of Caitlin Tracey, the woman who was found dead from a fall at a South Loop condo building a year ago, was charged with first-degree murder on Monday.
What we know:
Adam Beckerink, 47, was charged in Cook County court almost exactly a year after Tracey was found dead.
Local prosecutors allege Beckerink caused Tracey’s death by “throwing her over the railing of the 24th floor of the east stairwell of 1201 South Prairie Avenue” on Oct. 25, 2024, according to court documents.…