Daughter accused of murder sentenced

Heather Mack A trial was underway in Chicago for an unimaginable crime. The American woman was sentenced to 26 years in prison on Wednesday, January 17, for killing her mother and helping her disappear. She pleaded guilty last June after serving a 10-year prison sentence in Indonesia, where the incidents took place. After spending 7 years in cells in the country, she was extradited to the United States in 2021, where a new trial was held.

According to Fox News 32, prosecutors initially wanted Heather Mack to be sentenced to 28 years in prison. As for his lawyers, they asked for a prison sentence of 15 years, including part of those already served.

Back to the facts

Facts are as of August 2014. At that time, Heather Mack was 18 years old. He lived in Bali with his mother, a wealthy American, jazz musician James L. Was vacationing with Mack’s widow. The girl, who was pregnant at the time, later had a conflicted relationship with him.

The investigation revealed that after they arrived at the hotel, she stole her boyfriend’s credit card to buy tickets to join her. Tommy Shaffer Also accused of murdering Sheila von Wiese-Mack. He is still in Indonesia where he was sentenced to 18 years in prison.

According to the interrogation of the two suspects, the young man had joined his girlfriend in Bali to inform the victim of her daughter’s pregnancy. However, an investigation revealed numerous emails that showed the two were lying. On the night of August 7, the mother and daughter quarreled in the lobby of the hotel. Moments later, out of sight, Tommy Schaeffer kills Sheila Von Wies-Mack with a metal object. After that, the two companions put the body in a suitcase to take it out.

The suitcase was found in the taxi

The bloody luggage, covered in a white sheet, was found by a taxi driver after two tourists left it in his car. “When we opened it, we were really surprised to see the dead body. He had blood and bruises on his forehead,” testified police chief Gede Redstra. ” Quoted by TThat Bali Daily”. After some time the young couple was arrested.

A month after the crime, Tommy Shaffer He admits to killing his future mother-in-law and Heather explains that she helped him dispose of the body. During his trial, the boy claimed he attacked the 62-year-old victim because she threatened to kill the unborn child.

But the police Discovered that Heather Mack was the sole beneficiary of her mother’s $1.6 million trust fund, which would be paid out in small annual payments until she turned 30. She hoped to receive this amount after her death. In 2018, the courts decided that this amount would be paid to the accused’s daughter who gave birth a few months after his arrest.

“People” specifies that the child, born in prison, was taken from her, placed in the care of a friend in Indonesia, and taken in by a cousin after returning to the United States.