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Good morning, and thanks for joining me for Rise in Crime.

Your morning caffeine hit, all about crime.

I'm Mama Jules.

And today, let's start with a case suggestion by Caroline.

When I checked out this case of a murdered

woman in Chicago, my mouth fell open when I realized the alleged abuse this woman had suffered,

both on the day of her murder and potentially the years leading up to her murder. Now,

I'm the one calling it a murder. They haven't even identified it as that.

But that's the word I chose to use.

I will take that responsibility.

Okay, we need to start with the beginning of what was, I think, fair to say, a rocky

relationship with 36-year-old Caitlin Walsh, Tracy Tracy and 46-year-old Adam Beckerink.

Now, Adam's a wealthy tax lawyer there in Chicago, and he lives in an upscale South Loop apartment.

I guess it's kind of a trendy area in Chicago.

And Caitlin, well, she's a data analytics manager, and she had graduated from Michigan State University. Now she followed

her sister to Chicago after graduating and according to Caitlin's parents, the two of them, Adam and

Caitlin, they began dating in October of 2022. And that lasted almost a year, but difficulties in the relationship caused the two to separate

for a few months. And it led to Caitlin filing a restraining order against Adam in October of

2023. Now, after the holidays of 2023, the two reconciled and they married in a private

ceremony on April 8th of 2024.

This ceremony was so private that Caitlin's parents, 69-year-old real estate developer Andrew Tracy,

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