adminDenpasar – An American man has confessed to killing his girlfriend’s mother at a luxury resort on the Indonesian island of Bali, while the girlfriend has admitted helping stuff the body into a suitcase, police said on Friday last week.The battered body of Sheila von Wiese Mack (62), was found in the case in the boot of a taxi in front of an exclusive hotel in the upscale Nusa Dua resort area on 12 August. Her teenage daughter, Heather Mack, and daughter’s boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer, had been staying with her at the St Regis hotel but fled to another part of the island after the killing. They were caught the following day.
They are in custody in Bali while police investigate and could face the death penalty if found guilty of premeditated murder.
Indonesian authorities previously claimed they have strong evidence against the pair and on Friday Djoko Heru Utomo, police chief in the Balinese capital Denpasar, said they had admitted their involvement in the case during questioning in recent days.
The daughter, 19, claimed she watched Schaefer kill her mother and then helped to stuff the body into the suitcase, said Utomo. – AFP
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