Adam Beckerink Pleads Not Guilty to Added Charges in Caitlin Tracey Death

Overview

• Beckerink entered a not guilty plea to first-degree murder and new counts of concealment of homicidal death and false reporting during a brief hearing before Judge Joanne Rosado.
• He is also charged with making a false 911 report and making a false report to a public safety agency, and he is due back in court on March 18.
• Tracey, 36, was discovered at the bottom of a stairwell days after a severed foot was found in the building, and the medical examiner ruled she died from multiple injuries from a fall.
• Prosecutors say Beckerink threw or pushed her over a 24th-floor railing, later reported her missing, and gave statements contradicted by building surveillance footage.
• Beckerink was arrested on Jan. 12 after serving a 93-day Michigan sentence in a domestic abuse case involving Tracey, who had previously sought and then dropped a Cook County protection order.