US EditionIndonesia frees and deports American who spent 11 years in prison for Bali ‘suitcase murder’
Tommy Schaefer, deported after 11 years in an Indonesian prison, faces U.S. federal charges including conspiracy related to the 2014 Bali suitcase murder.
- Tommy Schaefer, 32, was released from prison in Bali after serving 11 years for the 2014 murder of his girlfriend's mother, Sheila von Wiese Mack, in a case known as the 'suitcase murder.'
- Schaefer, whose then-girlfriend Heather Mack received a 10-year sentence for assisting in the murder, apologized to the victim's family before his deportation to the United States.
- Schaefer's early release after serving 11 of his 18-year sentence was due to good behavior, according to local authorities who deported him to ensure public order after his 'serious crime.
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American released from Indonesia jail after serving 11 years for 'suitcase murder' as US case looms
Indonesia has freed and deported an American who spent 11 years in prison for the premeditated murder of his then-girlfriend's mother on the tourist island of Bali. Now, he's facing federal charges in the U.S.
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A Chicago man convicted in Indonesia of beating his then-girlfriend’s mother to death with a fruit bowl and hiding the body in a suitcase more than a decade ago pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges in the U.S. Tommy Schaefer was sentenced in Indonesia to 18 years in prison in connection with the 2014 murder of Chicago socialite Sheila von Wiese-Mack while on vacation in Bali with the woman and her daughter, Heather Mack. According to p…
An American man was sentenced to 18 years in prison for the murder of his ex-girlfriend's mother in Bali. However, Indonesian authorities released him seven years early due to his good behavior in prison and deported him to the United States. His ex-girlfriend was also sentenced to prison for aiding and abetting the murder, but she was deported to the United States in 2021.
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