Police body camera video showing a woman accusing her estranged husband of choking, hitting, and threatening her months before her death can be used against him at his upcoming trial on domestic violence charges.

A Michigan judge ruled Tuesday that video of Caitlin Tracey telling police she was abused by her husband, Adam Beckerink, can be played at this trial since Tracey is not alive to testify.

Beckerink has not been charged in Tracey's death, which remains under investigation by the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.

A tenant found Tracey's severed foot in a stairwell in the condo building on Oct. 27, 2024, and police later found her body at the bottom of the stairs.

She was found dead just a few days before Beckerink was scheduled to face trial on domestic battery charges for two incidents at Tracey's home in New Buffalo last year.

At his latest court appearance, on Tuesday, Beckerink was handcuffed and taken into custody for repeated bond violations in connection to the battery charges. He will remain jailed unless he can post $15,000 bond.

Following Tracey's death, her husband and her parents spent more than two weeks in a custody battle over her remains, before a judge in Michigan allowed her parents to take custody of her body for a funeral and burial.

No one has been charged in Tracey's death.

In March, Beckerink was arrested on a warrant from Michigan, charged with aggravated assault in Berrien County stemming from incidents at Tracey's home last year.