Chicago woman slain in Bali, daughter and daughter’s boyfriend arrested
CBS 2's Susanna Song reports Sheila von Wiese-Mack, 62, and her 19-year-old daughter Heather Mack flew to Bali together to stay at the St. Regis Bali resort for what was supposed to be a fun, relaxing vacation. But authorities in Indonesia said the trip ended with von Wiese-Mack being beaten to death, and her body being stuffed in a suitcase. An autopsy showed she died of blunt force trauma to the head, according to CBS Chicago . Von Wiese-Mack and her daughter had been staying at the St. Regis for a few days when Mack's boyfriend, 21-year-old Tommy Schaefer, showed up on Monday, and checked in to a separate room. Police said what happened when Mack and Schaefer checked out Tuesday triggered a full-blown murder investigation. The couple hailed a taxi Tuesday afternoon, loaded the trunk with their suitcases, and then told the driver they were going into the hotel to check out. After approximately two hours, when they had not returned, hotel security guards noticed blood stains on the suitcase, and told the driver to take his cab to the police station. That's where police discovered von Wiese-Mack's body inside the suitcase, wrapped in a white bed sheet stained with blood. Hotel security video showed the couple had fled the hotel through a back door after leaving the suitcase in the trunk of the taxi. Mack and Schaefer were tracked down several hours later and arrested. Police said hotel security cameras recorded Schaefer arguing with von Wiese-Mack the night before, but the motive for the murder is unclear.
