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Chicago Tourist Killed, Stuffed in Suitcase in Indonesia
NBC ^ | Wednesday, Aug 13, 2014 • Updated at 8:25 AM CDT | Staff

Posted on 08/13/2014 6:31:41 AM PDT by Red Badger

Sheila Von Weise Mack was last seen alive on Monday when an argument she had with her daughter was captured by surveillance cameras in the lobby of the St. Regis Hotel in Denpasar, Bali A Chicago woman vacationing in Indonesia was killed -- her body stuffed inside a suitcase earlier this week -- and her daughter and another man were arrested.

The body of 62-year-old Sheila Von Weise Mack was discovered on Tuesday in a suitcase in the back of a taxi, parked at the prestigious St. Regis Hotel in Denpasar.

Mack's daughter, Heather Lois, 19, and another man, 21-year-old Tommy Schaffer, were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the death. Both were questioned but refused to talk until being joined by attorneys.

Denpasar police chief Djoko Hari Utomo told local media that Von Weise Mack and her daughter had been staying at the hotel for several days before Schaffer joined them. Surveillance cameras later recorded Von Weise Mack and Schaffer arguing in the hotel lobby, The Daily Mail reported.

The morning after that argument, Lois and Schaffer checked out of the hotel and took a large suitcase out to a taxi stand. The pair then went back into the hotel and snuck out through the back of the resort.

After a two-hour wait, the taxi driver was instructed by hotel personnel to drive to the police station. Authorities there opened the suitcase and found Von Weise Mack's body. "The body was wrapped in a hotel bedsheet and tied up with duct tape," said Inspector Djoko, according to The Daily Mail. "There were blood stains all over the sheet."

Utomo said Lois and Schaffer were tracked down and arrested while they slept at a hotel in the Legian tourist area.

A doctor who performed an examination on Von Weise Mack's body said there were defensive wounds.

John Johnson, a spokesman for the United States Embassy in Jakarta, said the State Department was "aware of the death of an American citizen that took place in Bali and we understand that two individuals have been arrested in connection with the case." All questions were deferred to the Balinese police. Officials from the St Regis Bali resort released a statement saying personnel was aware of the incident and was assisting authorities during the investigation.

An August 2006 Chicago Tribune report on the death of composer/producer James Mack identified his wife as Sheia A. von Wiese and his daughter as Heather.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: bali; matricide; murder; suitcase
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1 posted on 08/13/2014 6:31:41 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Another one................you know the drill...........


2 posted on 08/13/2014 6:32:16 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: Red Badger

Mack’s daughter, and another man...

http://www.johnspeedie.com/healy/saywhat.wav


3 posted on 08/13/2014 6:34:27 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Red Badger

Love of money: the root of all evil.


4 posted on 08/13/2014 6:37:53 AM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: cloudmountain

And that was written 2000 year ago.................


5 posted on 08/13/2014 6:41:11 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: Red Badger
And that was written 2000 year ago.................

Seven deadly sins: pride (the first and root of all the others), anger, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, sloth.

We haven't changed an iota in 2000 years.

6 posted on 08/13/2014 6:44:24 AM PDT by cloudmountain
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7 posted on 08/13/2014 7:01:15 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: cloudmountain
Seven deadly sins: pride (the first and root of all the others), anger, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, sloth.

We haven't changed an iota in 2000 years.

Sure we have. We've made them cultural imperatives.....................

8 posted on 08/13/2014 7:02:38 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: Red Badger

62 - 19 = 43.

By 43, Mom must’ve been running short on good quality eggs...


9 posted on 08/13/2014 7:13:11 AM PDT by moovova
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To: moovova

or she raised a spoiled brat..........................


10 posted on 08/13/2014 7:15:32 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: cloudmountain

Every libtard I’ve ever known exhibits at least six of the seven.


11 posted on 08/13/2014 7:19:45 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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Every libtard I’ve ever known exhibits at least six of the seven.

My opinion: those sins transcend EVEN to conservatives. However, it's only my tiny little opinion.
Hmm, the seven deadly liberal sins. Nope, never heard them described that way.

Other sins OUGHT to be "boring as heck," "broken record" and, possibly "too stupid to live."

Now THEY could be labeled as "liberal sins," but THAT would be un-Christian, wouldn't it? :o)

12 posted on 08/13/2014 7:53:00 AM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: Red Badger
Sure we have. We've made them cultural imperatives.....................

Lol.
Abraham Lincoln said: human behavior can be modified to some extent but human nature cannot be changed.
I don't BELIEVE that he added a caveat for liberals, but I don't know my "Lincoln quotes" as well as I might.

13 posted on 08/13/2014 7:55:00 AM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: Red Badger
Both were questioned but refused to talk until being joined by attorneys.

Fifth Amendment rights in Indonesia? Who knew?

14 posted on 08/13/2014 8:04:13 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: cloudmountain
Seven deadly sins...pride (the first and root of all the others), anger, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, sloth.

Anger? I hope that excludes righteous anger! If you're not angry about abortion, terrorism and the looming progressive takeover and loss of rights, you're not paying attention!

15 posted on 08/13/2014 8:08:13 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: cloudmountain

He was right.
Human nature is essentially animalistic, but with the ‘knowledge of good and evil’ capable of deciding upon the actions.
An animal has no evil in it’s nature, it reacts without thinking of the consequences, for its own survival and the survival of its kind.
Humans can choose, whereas animals are like programmed robots than react to situations according to their programming................


16 posted on 08/13/2014 8:16:14 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: Red Badger

I hear the airlines are now charging a double-baggage fee for that.


17 posted on 08/13/2014 8:40:09 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Yeah, it’s called a ‘Dead Weight’ Fee.....................


18 posted on 08/13/2014 8:41:12 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: Red Badger

If she had killed her mother in Chicago, she probably never be caught. They are arresting very few perps.


19 posted on 08/13/2014 9:52:57 AM PDT by Steven Scharf
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To: Steven Scharf

PLUS Illinois has abolished the Death Penalty. Indonesia uses their quite regularly........................


20 posted on 08/13/2014 9:54:33 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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