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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace: Daughter Stuffs Mom’s Body in Pricey Luggage at 5-Star Resort

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A family vacation to Bali turns deadly. Sheila von Wiese-Mack is 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 are 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. When she turned two, she was placed with a foster family in Bali. Now, Mack is being released from prison and will be deported. The mom must decide whether to bring the now 6-year-old girl with her back to Chicago or leave her with the only family she’s known.

Mack says that she is nervous about returning to the States, and what could happen to her daughter, once she is exposed to the media attention surrounding her mother.

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

Wendy Patrick– California Prosecutor; author of “Red Flags,” & Host of “The Answer” on KCBQ Radio
Dr. Jorey Krawczyn – Police Psychologist, Adjunct Faculty with Saint Leo University; Research Consultant with Blue Wall Institute, Author: Operation S.O.S. – Practical Recommendations to Help “Stop Officer Suicide”
Sheryl McCollum – Forensics Expert & Cold Case Investigative Research Institute Founder
Joe Scott Morgan
JoScott Morgan – Professor of Forensics Jacksonville State University, Author of “Blood Beneath My Feet“
Kristy Mazurek – Emmy Award-winning Investigative Reporter, President of Successful Strategies PR and Crisis Communications Firm

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[Feature Photo: Heather Mack, right, and her boyfriend Tommy Schaefer, both from Chicago, Ill., talk with their friends before their trial at the Denpasar District Court in Bali, Indonesia before their trial Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. They are accused of murdering the woman’s mother Sheila von-Wiese Mack, who was found stuffed inside a suitcase last August. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)]