Caitlin Tracey Chicago: Parents gained custody of daughter’s body after death at her husband’s South Loop home on Prairie Avenue

CHICAGO (WLS) — Caitlin Tracey’s body is still in the possession of the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Until Tuesday, the 36-year-old woman’s body was locked up in a two-week legal situation, the subject of a lawsuit between Tracey’s husband and her parents.

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On Oct. 27, Chicago police said they found Tracey dead in a South Loop apartment building in the 1200 block of South Prairie Avenue, where her husband lived.

According to court documents, investigators told Tracey’s family that based on the remains, her body fell approximately 24 stories before landing at the bottom of a stairwell. Based on the height of the fall, the deceased’s body was pulverized and her foot was separated from her body. body.”

Investigators held Tracey’s husband for two days and interrogated him, but released him without charges. That’s why ABC7 isn’t mentioning him.

Court papers reveal a documented history of abuse allegations by Tracey against her husband.

In October last year, Tracey applied for a protection order, saying: “I fear further abuse.”

Court records show that Tracey’s husband was charged with multiple crimes, including domestic violence, earlier this year in Berrien County, Michigan, where Tracey lived.

On Tuesday, a Michigan judge granted Andrew and Monica Tracey custody of their daughter’s body. The parents’ lawyer said: “The family will continue to fight for Caitlin until she is laid to rest with the respect and dignity she deserves.”

What happened in the high-rise before Tracey was found dead is still the subject of an open death investigation.