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Heather Mack, convicted in Bali of killing mom and stuffing body in suitcase, pleads guilty in US

By MICHAEL TARM, AP Legal Affairs Writer
Published: June 16, 2023, 8:31am

CHICAGO (AP) — The American woman accused of helping to kill her mother and stuffing her body in a suitcase during a luxury vacation to Bali nine years ago changed her plea to guilty in Chicago federal court on Friday.

Heather Mack, 27, was convicted in Indonesia in 2015 of being an accessory to Sheila von Wiese-Mack’s murder with her then-boyfriend in a bid to gain access to a $1.5

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