Prosecutors Seek 28-year Sentence for Heather Mack in Mom’s Bali Slaying, Stuffing Into Suitcase

Published on January 12, 2024

Federal prosecutors in Chicago are recommending a 28-year prison sentence for an American woman who pleaded guilty to helping kill her mother and stuffing the body in a suitcase during a luxury vacation at a Bali resort nearly a decade ago. That’s considerably more time behind bars than Heather Mack’s defense lawyers are expected to ask for when she’s sentenced next week for conspiring to kill Sheila von Wiese-Mack. The government also is seeking five years of supervised release for Ms. Mack, a fine of $250,000 and restitution of $262,708. In a filing Wednesday, prosecutors said the recommended sentence “is warranted and sufficient, but not greater than necessary to serve a just and appropriate punishment for Mack’s heinous crime.”...

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