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Indonesia freed and deported an American antheral connected Tuesday (February 25, 2026) aft helium spent 11 years successful situation for the premeditated execution of his then-girlfriend's parent connected the tourer island of Bali.
Tommy Schaefer was sentenced to 18 years successful situation for the 2014 execution of Sheila von Wiese-Mack, the parent of Heather Mack, during a luxury abrogation successful a lawsuit besides known arsenic the Bali “suitcase murder.” Schafer was deported backmost to the United States from Bali International Airport connected Tuesday (February 25, 2026) evening aft serving his condemnation and receiving a fig of remissions for bully behaviour, said Felucia Sengky Ratna, caput of the Bali Regional Office of the Directorate General of Immigration, successful a statement.
The severely battered assemblage of the 62-year-old von Wiese-Mack, a affluent Chicago socialite, was recovered wrong the trunk of a taxi parked astatine the upscale St. Regis Bali Resort successful August 2014. Heather Mack, who was astir 19 and a fewer weeks large astatine the clip of the killing, and her then-21-year-old boyfriend, Schaefer, were arrested connected the land a time aft the assemblage was found.
Mack served 7 years of a 10-year situation condemnation successful Bali for helping to termination her parent and was deported successful October 2021.
She was besides sentenced to 26 years successful situation successful Chicago successful January 2024, aft she pleaded blameworthy to helping termination her parent and stuffing the assemblage successful a suitcase during their vacation.
