Overview
- Cook County Judge John Hock ordered Alexis Trader, 34, held pending trial at a Thursday hearing.
- Prosecutors say Trader scaled a locked dock gate at DuSable Harbor, let companions in, and struck Nabil “Captain Bill” Abzal at the gate, causing him to fall into the water.
- Detectives cited surveillance video that reportedly shows Abzal propelled into a metal grate before falling into Lake Michigan, and the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide by drowning.
- Two women in the group allegedly boarded Abzal’s yacht to take social-media photos before the confrontation, and prosecutors say Trader later called 911 using a fake name.
- Trader was already in Cook County Jail on an unrelated burglary case and also faces an aggravated battery charge tied to a January incident.