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Bali 'Suitcase Murder' Killer Deported After 11 Years
25 Feb
Summary
- American man deported after serving 11 years for 2014 Bali murder.
- Victim found in taxi trunk; murder involved her daughter.
- Killer also received sentence in Chicago for his mother-in-law's death.
Tommy Schaefer, an American citizen, was freed and deported from Bali on Tuesday evening, having completed an 11-year prison sentence. He was incarcerated for the premeditated murder of Sheila von Wiese-Mack, the mother of his then-girlfriend, which occurred in 2014 on Bali. The 62-year-old victim's body was found inside a taxi trunk at the upscale St. Regis Bali Resort. Schaefer had been sentenced to 18 years but received remissions for good behavior.
His former girlfriend, Heather Mack, who was nearly 19 at the time of the killing and pregnant, also faced legal consequences. Mack served seven years of a 10-year sentence in Bali for her involvement and was deported in October 2021. Additionally, she pleaded guilty in Chicago to helping kill her mother and was sentenced to 26 years in January 2024.
