A Chicago tech executive was found “pulverized” and missing a foot in a stairwell of the luxury condo building where she lived with her husband, her heartbroken family has revealed — and now they’re fighting for justice.
Caitlin Tracey, 36, died from “multiple injuries” and a “fall from height” after plummeting more than 20 stories down a stairwell at her South Loop building, the Cook County medical examiner ruled.
However, the manner of her death was left “undetermined,” and there have been no charges filed in Tracey’s gruesome demise.
Her husband, Adam Beckerink, 46, a well-known Chicago tax attorney, was charged last month with battering her in her hometown of New Buffalo, Michigan, in January and August 2024. He’s also accused of assaulting cops who tried to arrest him, according to FOX 32.
Beckerink was detained and questioned by Chicago police after he filed a missing persons report for Tracey before her body was found on Oct. 27, but he was later released without charges.
“He had nothing to do with his wife’s death, and he will continue to appear in court. And we will continue to speak through our filings in court on his behalf,” Beckerink’s attorney told local media in March.
Tracey’s family is pushing to keep attention on the case.
Attorneys hired by her loved ones told Fox 32 in March that her body was “pulverized” and her foot was severed in the fall.
Her grieving parents were embroiled in a legal dispute earlier this year over the handling of her remains after Beckerink claimed he had the rights to her body as the surviving spouse.
The parents eventually won custody of her remains, which they brought back to Michigan.
Beckerink, previously a partner at corporate law firm Duane Morris, was fired after the domestic abuse allegations surfaced.
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