Exactly a year after Caitlin Tracey was found dead after falling 20 stories from her husband’s South Loop high rise building, he was charged with first-degree murder in her death, Cook County court records show.

Tracey’s body was found Oct. 27, 2024, at the foot of a high rise building with a severed foot and questions immediately swirled about her husband, Adam Beckerink, who had a history of alleged domestic abuse. Beckerink, 47, was sentenced by a Michigan court last week to 93 days in jail and two years of probation for domestic abuse.

Beckerink, a Chicago-based tax attorney who was fired as a partner at Duane Morris LLP after the case became public, was briefly detained by police following Tracey’s death after police said he lied on a missing person report he filed for Tracey hours

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