A federal judge in Chicago has sentenced Heather Mack, who admitted conspiring with her then-boyfriend to kill her mother in Bali in 2014, to 26 years in prison. Mack, 28, was convicted in the beating death of Sheila von Wiese-Mack in Indonesia and served seven years in prison there, but US District Judge Matthew Kennelly …
A heiress who pleaded guilty to helping a former boyfriend kill her mother is scheduled to be sentenced today in Chicago, according to AP. As CrimeOnline previously reported, federal prosecutors asked for Heather Mack to receive 28 years behind bars for the role she played in the murder of her mom, 62-year-old Sheila Von Wiese-Mack, …
A Chicago-area woman who conspired to kill her mother so she and her boyfriend could steal more than $1 million should be imprisoned for decades, authorities say. This week, federal prosecutors asked a court to sentence Heather Mack to 28 years behind bars for the role she played in the murder of her mom, 62-year-old …
In Chicago federal court Friday, Heather Mack, accused of participating in killing her mother and stuffing her in a suitcase during a luxurious vacation to Bali, changed her plea to guilty. AP News reports that Mack, who appeared in front of U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly in a standard orange jail jumpsuit, answered, “Yes, your …
A former Chicago socialite who has already spent eight years behind bars in Indonesia for the murder of her mother was denied bond this week and will remain jailed until her conspiracy trial begins next summer. Heather Mack, 27, was convicted in the murder of Sheila von Wiese-Mack in 2014 in Bali, where von Wiese-Mack …
“Suitcase killer” Heather Mack arrived in the U.S. Wednesday and was arrested after she stepped off a plane at the Chicago O’Hare Airport. Mack, 25, arrived at the airport with her 6-year-old daughter, Stella, but federal agents were waiting at the gate to take her into custody. The child was left with Oshar Putu Melody …
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 …
Heather Mack says she is considering leaving her daughter in Bali with a foster family
Heather Mack , 21, and boyfriend Tommy Schaefer, 23, murdered her mother while vacationing in Bali and stuffed Sheila von Wiese-Mack, 62, into a suitcase. The couple is now serving ten and 18-year sentences, respectively. Heather is now fighting for custody of the baby she gave birth to while in prison. Nancy Grace digs into …
Heather Mack was convicted of murdering and stuffing her mother in a suitcase while vacationing in Bali
