{"id":67235,"date":"2026-02-25T11:39:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T11:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/american-who-spent-11-years-in-prison-for-notorious-suitcase-murder-in-bali-is-freed-and-deported-by-indonesia\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T11:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T11:39:15","slug":"american-who-spent-11-years-in-prison-for-notorious-suitcase-murder-in-bali-is-freed-and-deported-by-indonesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/american-who-spent-11-years-in-prison-for-notorious-suitcase-murder-in-bali-is-freed-and-deported-by-indonesia\/","title":{"rendered":"American who spent 11 years in prison for notorious &#8220;suitcase murder&#8221; in Bali is freed and deported by Indonesia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Indonesia freed and deported an American man Tuesday after he spent 11 years in prison for the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/heather-mack-teen-charged-in-bali-suitcase-murder-says-shes-innocent\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">premeditated murder<\/a><\/span> of his then-girlfriend&#8217;s mother on the tourist island of Bali.<\/p>\n<p>Tommy Schaefer was sentenced to 18 years in prison for the 2014 murder of Sheila von Wiese-Mack, the mother of Heather Mack, during a luxury vacation in a case also known as the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/american-couple-sentenced-to-prison-for-bali-suitcase-murder\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Bali &#8220;suitcase murder.&#8221;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Schaefer was deported back to the United States from Bali International Airport on Tuesday evening after serving his sentence and receiving a number of remissions for good behavior, said Felucia Sengky Ratna, head of the Bali Regional Office of the Directorate General of Immigration, in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The badly battered body of the 62-year-old von Wiese-Mack, a wealthy Chicago socialite, was found inside the trunk of a taxi parked at the upscale St. Regis Bali Resort in August 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Heather Mack, who was almost 19 and a few weeks pregnant at the time of the killing, and her then-21-year-old boyfriend, Schaefer, were arrested on the island a day after the body was found.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2017\/02\/06\/16452bbe-625d-46d4-90cc-2ad0e481b262\/thumbnail\/620x452g3\/543f7ab1173b6d8c6a3721b0d8fa8847\/balimurder1.jpg#\" alt=\"balimurder1.jpg \" height=\"452\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2017\/02\/06\/16452bbe-625d-46d4-90cc-2ad0e481b262\/thumbnail\/620x452g3\/543f7ab1173b6d8c6a3721b0d8fa8847\/balimurder1.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2017\/02\/06\/16452bbe-625d-46d4-90cc-2ad0e481b262\/thumbnail\/1240x904g3\/872eb5a341ffa167be555225ab1f5801\/balimurder1.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">In this March 31, 2015, file photo, Heather Mack, left, and her boyfriend Tommy Schaefer, of Chicago, are handcuffed as they arrive at a courtroom during their trial in Bali, Indonesia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                AP Photo\/Firdia Lisnawati, File<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mack served seven years of a 10-year prison sentence in Bali for helping to kill her mother and was deported in October 2021.<\/p>\n<p>She was also\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/heather-mack-sentenced-murder-conspiracy-mother-sheila-von-wiese-mack\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">sentenced to 26 years in prison<\/a><\/span> in Chicago in January 2024, after she pleaded guilty to helping kill her mother and stuffing the body in a suitcase during their vacation, CBS News Chicago reported.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This was a brutal and premeditated crime,&#8221; 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