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Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Yahoo
Tech exec found 'pulverized' in luxury high-rise stairwell died from fall, medical examiner says
The Cook County Medical Examiner in Illinois has revealed the cause of death of a Chicago woman found dead in the stairwell of her husband's luxury, high-rise condo in October 2024, but her manner of death remains undetermined. Caitlin Tracey, 36, died of "multiple injuries, fall from height" on Oct. 27, 2024, the medical examiner ruled. No one has been charged in connection with her death, as FOX 32 Chicago first reported. Court documents filed last year state that "based on the condition of the remains, Decedent's body fell approximately 24 floors before landing at the bottom of a stairwell." Her "body was pulverized and her foot was severed from her body," attorneys for the family wrote. Tracey's husband, Adam Beckerink, 46, was arrested in March on a fugitive charge stemming from a warrant in Michigan, where the well-known tax attorney was wanted on charges of domestic violence, resisting and obstructing and larceny, according to Fox 32. Police Hunt For 'Male Companion' Seen Fleeing Slain College Student's Apartment While Beckerink is not charged in connection with Tracey's death, his March arrest has highlighted a tumultuous past. An attorney representing Beckerink did not immediately respond to an inquiry from Fox News Digital. Read On The Fox News App The domestic incident stemmed from two 911 calls made last year in New Buffalo, Michigan, where Tracey and Beckerink lived during and before their six-month marriage, reporting domestic abuse and theft, according to FOX 32. Husband Of Nurse, Mom Of Three Found Dead At Bottom Of Staircase Went For Beer After Finding Body: Police Following her death in October 2024, police held Beckerink for 48 hours but ultimately released him. A legal battle later ensued between Tracey's parents and her husband. Follow The Fox True Crime Team On X Court records revealed that Tracey filed a petition for an order of protection against Beckerink in October 2023. The couple married on April 8, 2024 "in a private ceremony" that did not include their family members, court documents say. Judge Dumbfounded By Error At Site Of 'Suicide' Where Teacher Was Found Stabbed 20 Times Tracey's parents believe Beckerink "manipulated" Tracey "and purposefully isolated her from her family so that he could continue his campaign of abuse and terror unnoticed," attorneys wrote in court documents. Sign Up To Get The True Crime Newsletter "Plaintiffs have alleged that their daughter's partner, who may or may not be her husband, subjected her to ongoing domestic abuse and ultimately took her life," court records state. "Plaintiffs seek to have her remains sent to them to have a funeral and burial." Friend Who Heard Murder Confession Thought Furniture Heiress Would End Up Dead In Love Triangle A judge ultimately sided with Tracey's parents, allowing them to receive her remains and give her a funeral. Beckerink in March waived his right to an extradition hearing to face charges in Michigan. It is unclear where that case stands as of Wednesday. GET REAL-TIME UPDATES DIRECTLY ON THE True Crime Hub Fox News Digital reached out to Chicago police asking if they have any persons of interest in Tracey's death, but they did not comment, directing Fox News Digital to Beckerink's arrest page showing his fugitive charge. Tracey was chief people officer at Nousot, a data analytics article source: Tech exec found 'pulverized' in luxury high-rise stairwell died from fall, medical examiner says
Hindustan Times
20-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
Chicago tech executive found 'pulverized' after 20-storey fall, cause of death 'undetermined'
A 36-year-old Chicago-based tech executive died from multiple injuries after falling from 20 stories down a stairwell at the luxury high-rise building, a medical examiner ruled, but said the cause of her death was 'undetermined'. Caitlin Tracey's family alleged that her body was found "pulverised' and missing a foot in a stairwell of the luxury condo building where she lived with her husband, according to a report by Fox 32. Even after her gruesome demise last year, the medical examiner has left the cause of death as 'undetermined,' and no charges have been filed. Tracey's husband, 46-year-old Adam Beckerink, is a Chicago tax attorney who has previously been charged with battering her in January and August 2024, according to FOX 32. Beckerink was fired from his law firm after the domestic abuse allegations surfaced. It was Beckerink who filed a missing persons report for Tracey before her body was found on 27 October. Chicago police questioned him, but he was later released without charges. However, her family is pushing to keep attention on the case after being stuck in a legal battle with her husband over the handling of her remains. Beckerink had claimed he had the rights to her body, but the parents eventually won custody. Before her six-month marriage to Beckerink, police were called to the couple's Michigan house in January 2024, when they found Tracey with cuts on her lips and red marks. She accused Beckerink of assault and stealing some of her items. He allegedly instructed Tracey to tell police her 911 call was 'accidental.' A year earlier, in November 2023, Tracey had secured a protective order against Beckerink in Chicago following several domestic battery reports, according to FOX 32. However, court filings from her parents state that she dropped the case in December after Beckerink allegedly threatened to sue her for defamation.
Chicago Tribune
10-03-2025
- Chicago Tribune
Husband of Caitlin Tracey, woman found dead in South Loop stairwell last year, taken into custody on Michigan warrant
Months after his estranged wife was found dead in the stairwell of a South Loop highrise, a Chicago man is expected to appear in Cook County court Monday after he was arrested on an outstanding warrant issued by police in Michigan. An extradition hearing for Adam Beckerink, husband of Caitlin Tracey, is scheduled for Monday, according to a representative for Tracey's family. Beckerink faces two pending charges of domestic violence against Tracey in Michigan. Beckerink is not charged in Tracey's October 2024 death. Last year, Tracey's parents successfully won custody of her remains after arguing in court that Beckerink, who was married to their daughter for six months, had a history of abusing her. He had filed a motion last year to temporarily prevent Tracey's parents from proceeding with her funeral. He argued in an affidavit he would be 'irreparably harmed and deprived of the ability to direct the disposition of his wife's remains for which he is entitled to and has priority under both Illinois and Michigan law.'
