"Heather Mack Receives 26-Year Sentence for Mother's Murder Conspiracy"

Heather Mack, who conspired with her boyfriend to kill her mother and hide her body in a suitcase in Bali, was sentenced to 26 years in prison by a federal judge in Chicago. The case, known as the "suitcase murder," gained international attention. Mack served seven years in an Indonesian prison and was then rearrested on murder charges in the United States. The judge ordered her to pay restitution and a fine, and Mack's lawyers argued that she had suffered from domestic abuse and violence. Mack's former boyfriend is serving an 18-year sentence in Indonesia.