"Heather Mack Receives 26-Year Sentence for Bali 'Suitcase' Murder"
Heather Mack, an American woman, has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for her involvement in the murder of her mother during a luxury vacation in Bali. She pleaded guilty to conspiring with her boyfriend to kill her mother in order to gain access to a $1.5m trust fund. Prosecutors had recommended a 28-year prison sentence for Mack, who had served seven years of her 10-year Indonesian sentence before being deported to the US in 2021. Her boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer, was convicted of murder and is serving an 18-year sentence in Indonesia.