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Bali ‘suitcase murder’ accomplice Heather Mack charged in US over mother’s killing

  • The Chicago woman had just returned after spending more than seven years in an Indonesian prison for Sheila von Wise-Mack’s death at a luxury island resort
  • Also charged is Mack’s former boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer, who was also convicted of murder in Indonesia and is still imprisoned there

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Heather Mack is escorted by immigration officers in Bali, Indonesia on Friday. Photo: AP
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A Chicago woman who served more than seven years in an Indonesian prison for killing her mother at a luxury resort on the island of Bali has been indicted on murder conspiracy charges in the United States and taken into federal custody.

FBI agents took Heather Mack, 26, into custody on her arrival at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Wednesday morning, according to the US Attorney’s office in Chicago.

Mack has been charged with conspiring to kill her mother, Sheila von Wiese-Mack, in a US indictment that was unsealed on Wednesday. Also charged is Mack’s former boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer, who was also convicted of murder in Indonesia and is still imprisoned there.

Mack and Schaefer are also charged with obstruction of justice in the three-count indictment.

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Bali ‘suitcase killer’ Heather Mack granted early release from prison and to be deported to the US

Bali ‘suitcase killer’ Heather Mack granted early release from prison and to be deported to the US

At an arraignment on Wednesday afternoon, Mack pleaded not guilty to the charges and US District Judge Charles Norgle ordered that she remain in custody until a detention hearing on November 10.

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