Vincent Beckwith was a wealthy young man with a criminal record of drug possession, who became a suspect in the murder of astronaut Marga Janssen after he stole her credit card.
History[]
Beckwith hails from a wealthy family and he claims that he is the family embarrassment. He has a history of violent offenses, such as menacing, possessing a restraining order from an ex-girlfriend, and drug addiction.
One night, he found Marga Janssen's card after it was dumped by Colonel Dick Finley, who Beckwith could only make out as a running man wearing a baseball cap. Beckwith proceeded to pawn Marga's possessions at a shop for money.
He was later arrested by SVU, after his spending spree was found out but denied committing a murder though his father sent a lawyer to represent him, despite Beckwith's anger. After pressure was on him, he brought up the events, leading to the card and promised to find the culprit in a lineup. However, he failed to identify the perpetrator.
After being cleared, Beckwith was shot to death by another suspect in the case, an obsessed fan named Anton Thibodeaux, when he believed him to be Marga's killer. Thibodeaux had been manipulated by the real murderer, Colonel Dick Finley. Finley was later charged with being a proxy to Beckwith's murder. (SVU: "Lunacy")