Prosecutors allege longtime abuse as Chicago attorney ordered detained in wife’s slaying
Just weeks before her body was found at the bottom of a South Loop stairwell, Caitlin Tracey, according to prosecutors, made a fateful comment to a court advocate helping her through a domestic violen Adam Beckerink, 47, a Chicago attorney, charged with first-degree murder in Caitlin Tracey's death, faced his detention hearing. Prosecutors allege longtime abuse as Chicago attorney ordered detained in wife's slaying Just weeks before her body was found at the bottom of a South Loop stairwell, Caitlin Tracey, according to prosecutors, made a fateful comment to a court advocate helping her through a domestic violence case that was filed against her husband in Michigan. Her husband, she reportedly said, had threatened to throw her over the stairs. Read Story © Copyright 2026 Chicago Tribune. All rights reserved. 1000 Albion Avenue | Schaumburg, IL 601...