Prison Justice
Former BigLaw associate is accused of throwing his spouse to her dying from twenty fourth ground stairwell
A former Duane Morris tax associate is accused in a prison grievance of murdering his spouse in his Chicago condominium constructing by throwing her over a railing from a twenty fourth ground stairwell. (Picture from Shutterstock)
A former Duane Morris tax associate is accused in a prison grievance of murdering his spouse in his Chicago condominium constructing by throwing her over a railing from a twenty fourth ground stairwell.
Tax lawyer Adam P. Beckerink, 47, was named in an Oct. 27 arrest warrant issued precisely one yr after the physique of 36-year-old Caitlin Tracey was discovered on the backside of the stairwell, report the Chicago Tribune, WGN-TV and NBC Chicago. Her foot had been severed.
Tracey’s household stated in an announcement the homicide cost “is one other huge step within the path to acquire justice for Caitlin.”
The assertion stated Beckerink presently “sits in a Michigan jail” on account of his Oct. 21 sentencing stemming from allegations of home abuse in opposition to Tracey at her New Buffalo, Michigan, dwelling.
He had pleaded responsible in Berrien County, Michigan, to contempt of court docket and no contest to home abuse and interfering with a 911 name by Tracey. He was sentenced to 93 days in jail and two years of probation.
In a sufferer influence assertion within the Michigan case, Tracey’s mom, Monica Tracey, referred to as Beckerink a “monster” and stated her daughter had been “crushed, bruised and battered by this brute.”
Beckerink was ousted as a tax associate at Duane Morris after the legislation agency grew to become conscious of home violence allegations, a spokesperson said in November 2024.
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