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Former BigLaw associate is accused of throwing his spouse to her dying from twenty fourth flooring stairwell
A former Duane Morris tax associate is accused in a prison criticism of murdering his spouse in his Chicago apartment constructing by throwing her over a railing from a twenty fourth flooring stairwell. (Picture from Shutterstock)
A former Duane Morris tax associate is accused in a prison criticism of murdering his spouse in his Chicago apartment constructing by throwing her over a railing from a twenty fourth flooring 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 massive step within the path to acquire justice for Caitlin.”
The assertion stated Beckerink at the moment “sits in a Michigan jail” because of his Oct. 21 sentencing stemming from allegations of home abuse towards 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, known as Beckerink a “monster” and stated her daughter had been “overwhelmed, bruised and battered by this brute.”
Beckerink was ousted as a tax associate at Duane Morris after the regulation agency grew to become conscious of home violence allegations, a spokesperson stated in November 2024.
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