Chicago woman imprisoned in Bali after mother’s murder to be released early
LA TimesHeather Mack of Chicago arrives at an Indonesian courtroom in 2015 with her newborn daughter, Stella. A Chicago woman convicted of assisting her boyfriend in her mother’s murder and stuffing the body in a suitcase on the Indonesian island of Bali in 2014 is being released early from a 10-year sentence, a prison official confirmed Wednesday. Heather Mack, who was 18 when she was arrested a day after the discovery of Sheila von Wiese-Mack’s body in the trunk of a taxi near the St. Regis Bali Resort, will be freed and deported to the United States on Oct. 29, said Lili, the Kerobokan Female Prison chief. Lili, who goes by a single name, told the Associated Press that Mack received a total of 34 months in sentence reductions, which are often granted to prisoners on major holidays, including a six-month remission of sentence awarded to her by the Indonesian government during the country’s Independence Day in August. World & Nation Bali suitcase murder verdict An Indonesian court has convicted an American, Tommy Schaefer, of murdering his girlfriend’s mother and sentenced him to 18 years in jail.
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