Man Accused of Murdering Wife Found ‘Pulverized’ in Stairwell | Crime Alert 12PM 10.28.25

A man recently found guilty of domestic violence against his deceased wife, Caitlin Tracey, is now facing murder charges in Illinois, a year after her body was discovered in their Chicago high-rise

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Crime Alard hourly update breaking crime news Now, I'm Nicole Parton.
A man recently found guilty of domestic violence against his
deceased wife is now facing murder charges in Illinois, a
year after her body was discovered in their Chicago high rise.
Adam Beckerink, forty seven, entered a no contest plea to

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a misdemeanor domestic violence charge in Michigan last week, receiving
a sentence of ninety three days in jail along with
two years of probation. This case concluded just before the
one year anniversary of the death of his wife, Caitlin Tracy,
who died at just thirty six. Her body was located

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at the base of a twenty four story stairwell in
their shared condo. On Monday, court documents revealed that Beckerink
has been charged with first degree murder in connection to
Tracy's death. In October twenty four, According to local ABC
affiliate w LS, a criminal complaint and an arrest worn

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were filed in Cook County Court, which a judge has
since approved. Authorities now claim that Beckerink is responsible for
Tracy's death, noting that her remains were found pulverized with
her foot severed. Despite a documented history of domestic violence
between the couple, Beckerink had only previously been regarded as

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a suspect and had not faced charges related to her death.
During his sentencing last week for the abuse, Tracy's mother
described Beckerink as a monster and told the judge, no
matter how hard we tried to save her, she was
caught in a cycle of control. No matter how much
we tried to save her from this abuse, she was

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caught in his cycle of violence and coercive control. He
is a monster. It isn't just her death that haunts us,
it's the slow destruction of her life. The Tracy family
issued a statement after the murder charge was filed, expressing
their profound grief for Caitlin and their hope that the

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upcoming trial will shed light on the circumstances surrounding her
life and ultimately her untimely death, allowing them to finally
lay their beloved daughter to rest. Currently, Beckerink remains incarcerated
serving his sentence for the domestic violence conviction in Michigan
or Crime and Justice News after this and now to Tennessee.

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The vice president of Barku Plastics was fatally shot along
with another employee in Cleveland on Monday. The Cleveland Police
have named the victims as Tobias Gleinig and Ivan Aldergot,
with Aldergot being the vice president of the company, according
to their official website. Authorities reported that the shooter barricaded

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himself inside a resididence on Westview Lane in Cleveland. After
several hours of carefully coordinating tactical response, police utilized a
robot and drone to gain entry to the home. Once inside,
they discovered the body of a man who appears to
have died from a self inflicted gunshot wound. Cleveland police

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are currently waiting for the Medical Examiner's office to confirm
the identity of the suspect. Our hearts go out to
the family's friends and colleagues of the two people shot.
This heartbreaking time is beyond words, a spokesperson said. A neighbor,
Joshua Scott, expressed shock upon learning of the suspect. My

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neighbor is a killer. I've never seen so many law
enforcement officials out. I can't believe it. It's hard to
realize this happened in my neighborhood. My son thought he
heard a drone and decided to step outside. He saw
a swat team, came back inside and said, I think
our neighbor must be the killer from the plass Sticks plant.

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This will affect so many people in the neighborhood as
well as make us feel scared. He added. Police have
not disclosed how the victims were associated with the alleged shooter.
It is unknown if he worked at the plant before
the shooting occurred. And now to Texas, where the Bexar
County Sheriff's Office is asking for your help and finding

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a missing teen. Mary Jane Garcia, seventeen, is described as
five two weighing about two hundred and twenty pounds. She
has brown eyes and brown hair. She was last seen
wearing a black T shirt, black and red checked pajama pants,
and purple slippers. She was last seen near her home
at the eleven thousand block of Fowl Road. If you

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have any information regarding her whereabouts, please contact the Bexar
County Sheriff's Office at two one zero three three five
six thousand or email them at Missing Persons at Bexar
dot org. For the latest crime injustice news, follow Crime
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crime alert. I'm Nicol harton m