This week Beth and Wendy discuss the case of Lois Heather Mack, often referred to as “the suitcase killer”. She and her boyfriend, Tommy Shaeffer, murdered her mother in Bali, Indonesia, and stuffed her body in a suitcase.
This episode was researched & scripted by Wendy & Beth Williams and edited by Minnie Williams.
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Footnotes
Articles/Websites
Feurer, Todd; Molina, Tara; Perlman, Marissa. (01/17/2024). Heather Mack sentenced to 26 years in mother’s grisly murder in Indonesia. CBS News Chicago. Retrieved 11/22/2024 from https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/heather-mack-sentenced-murder-conspiracy-mother-sheila-von-wiese-mack/
Seidel, Jon. (09/09/2022). Heather Mack set for trial all over again, this time on U.S. charges in Chicago. Chicago Sun Times. Retrieved 11/22/2024 from ttps://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2022/9/9/23344237/heather-mack-chicago-trial-us-charges-sheila-von-wiese-mack
NBC News. (08/13/2014). Woman Whose Body Was Found in Suitcase Was Warned Not to Go to Bali. Retrieved 11/22/2024 from https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/woman-whose-body-was-found-suitcase-was-warned-not-go-n179901
Guarino, Mark. (08/22/2014). Woman accused of Bali suitcase murder had troubled family life in Chicago. The Guardian. Retrieved 11/22/2024 from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/22/bali-suitcase-murder-troubled-family-life-chicago
Smith, Dave. (06/30/2023). American couple in Indonesian resort charged with murder. News.com.au. Retrieved 11/24/2024 from https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/a-perfect-storm-bali-suitcase-killer-tommy-schaefer-speaks-about-brutal-murder/news-story/99f83692d7b307245930726b3ce54fb0
Meisner, Jason. (n.d.). Cousin gets 9 years in Bali murder. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 11/24/2024 from https://digitaledition.chicagotribune.com/tribune/article_popover.aspx?guid=ddaf3b20-443c-474b-bb6c-8278d4b177f1
Coffey. Chris. (08/19/2014). Police Reports Show History of Oak Park Teen Attacking Mom. NBC Chicago. Retrieved 11/24/2024 from https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/police-reports-show-history-of-oak-park-teen-attacking-mom/108702/
Coffey. Chris. (11/20/2015). ‘She Loved Her Daughter’: Siblings of Mother Slain in Bali Suitcase Murder Speak. NBC Chicago. Retrieved 11/24/2024 from https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/siblings-of-mother-slain-in-bali-suitcase-murder-speak/119979/
Seidel, Jon. (04/15/2023). Feds reveal Heather Mack texts in ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ killing of her Oak Park mom at Bali resort: ‘Im sneaky … Im smart … and I watch’. Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 11/24/2024 from https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2023/4/15/23684346/heather-mack-sheila-von-wiese-mack-text-messages-revealed-bali-tommy-schaefer-suitcase-killing
Find a Grave. (08/13/2014). Sheila Ann Von Wiese Mack. Retrieved 11/24/2024 from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134288529/sheila_ann-mack
Find a Grave. (08/13/2014). James L. Mack. Retrieved 11/24/2024 from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134287523/james_l-mack
Sneed, Michael. (02/18/2022). Heather Mack’s daughter should live with me, murdered mom’s friend says in revealing new court filing. Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 11/24/2024 from https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2022/2/18/22939612/michael-sneed-heather-mack-sheila-von-wiese-mack-stella-bali-murder-custody-indonesia-dian-ellis
Latza Nadeau, Barbie. (02/22/2023). Custody Decided for Young Daughter of Accused ‘Suitcase Murder’ Mom. The Daily Beast. Retrieved 11/24/2024 from https://www.thedailybeast.com/custody-decided-for-young-daughter-of-accused-suitcase-murder-mom-heather-mack/
CBS News Chicago. (12/13/2016). Texting Schemer To Plead Guilty To Role In Heather Mack Case. Retrieved 11/24/2024 from https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/texting-schemer-to-plead-guilty-to-role-in-heather-mack-case/
Duly, Maggie. (04/16/2023). Heather Mack case: Newly released messages reveal plot to kill mother in Bali suitcase murder. Fox 32 Chicago. Retrieved 11/24/2024 from https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/heather-mack-bali-suit-case-murder
Gutowsky, Christy. (03/30/2019). Heather Mack’s mother wanted her to get abortion, lawyer says. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 11/24/2024 from https://www.chicagotribune.com/2015/03/21/heather-macks-mother-wanted-her-to-get-abortion-lawyer-says/
CBS News Chicago. (08/15/2014). Chicago Teen And Boyfriend Charged With Killing Her Mother In Bali. Retrieved 11/24/2024 from https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-teen-and-boyfriend-charged-with-killing-her-mother-in-bali/
Crepeau, Megan; Meisner, Jason. (06/16/2023). Heather Mack pleads guilty in Chicago murder conspiracy case stemming from mother’s 2014 slaying in Bali. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 11/24/2024 from https://www.yahoo.com/news/heather-mack-plead-guilty-chicago-105300536.html
Meisner, Jason. (n.d.). Cousin gets 9 years in Bali murder. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 11/24/2024 from https://digitaledition.chicagotribune.com/tribune/article_popover.aspx?guid=ddaf3b20-443c-474b-bb6c-8278d4b177f1
History
Oak Park. (n.d.). Village Hall Wall of Fame. Retrieved 11/24/2024 from https://www.oak-park.us/your-government/village-manager/village-hall/village-hall-wall-fame
Oak Park-River Forest Museum. (2024). A Brief History of Oak Park. Retrieved 11/24/2024 from https://oprfmuseum.org/brief-history-oak-park
Grossman, Ron. (06/24/2019). Chemist Percy Julian pushed past racial barriers — amid attacks on his Oak Park home. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 11/25/2024 from https://www.chicagotribune.com/2019/02/15/chemist-percy-julian-pushed-past-racial-barriers-amid-attacks-on-his-oak-park-home/
Spooner, Sher Watts. (11/23/2017). Happy Thanksgiving. Your house just got firebombed. Daily KOS. Retrieved 11/25/2024 from https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/11/23/1716586/-Happy-Thanksgiving-Your-house-just-got-firebombed
Berr, K.E. (12/26/2019). Percy Julian. Respected, Rebellious, Revolutionary, Forgotten. Retrieved 11/25/2024 from https://www.respectrebelrevolt.com/post/percy-julian
Video
Snapped: Killer Couples S8 E7, Heather Mack & Tommy Schaeffer
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