NOTORIUS BALI SUITCASE KILLER KILLS U.S. GIRLFRIEND'S MOM WITH FRUIT BOWL, STUFFS HER IN LUGGAGE, WALKS FREE TO ENJOY LIFE?

From Crime Stories with Nancy Grace by iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

April 26, 2026 · 35 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the murder of Sheila von Wiese-Mack and the subsequent legal battles faced by her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend.

A family vacation to Bali turns deadly. Sheila von Wiese-Mack found bludgeoned to death inside a suitcase. The socialite's 25-year-old daughter Heather Mack and her 21-year-old then-boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer charged and convicted by an Indonesian court. Police say Schaefer bludgeoned von Wiese-Mack with a bowl and then he and Mack stuffed her body into a suitcase and attempted to flee the scene. Heather Mack was pregnant at the time and gave birth to a daughter in prison.  After serving seven years in Indonesia for her role in the 2014 murder,  Mack was released from the Indonesian prison and returned to the United States, where she pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to kill a U.S. national and was sentenced to 26 years in prison in June 2023. Schaefer was sentenced in Indonesia to 18 years in prison, but after receiving time off for good behaviour, he has been released from a Bali jail. The 33-year-old still faces US federal charges. He has pled not guilty to conspiracy to kill someone in a foreign country, conspiracy to commit murder and obstruction of justice. He says, despite a judge's warning, he intends to represent himself.  A trial date has been…

People in this episode

Host: Nancy Grace

Guests: Heather Mack, Wendy Patrick, Dr. Jorey Krawczyn

Topics covered

murder
true crime
legal proceedings
international crime
family tragedy
Bali suitcase killer

Keywords

Bali
suitcase killer
murder
Heather Mack
Tommy Schaefer
conspiracy
prison sentence
legal trial
true crime

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Organizations: iHeartPodcasts, CrimeOnline

Places: Bali, United States