Heather Mack.Photo: Agung Parameswara/Getty
Heather Mack, the American woman who helped kill her mother in 2014 while they vacationed in Bali, Indonesia, before stuffing the victim’s body in a suitcase, has been released from prison, multiple outlets report.
Mack is currently awaiting deportation back to the United States,the Associated Press reports.
Mack and her then-boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer, were found guilty of bludgeoning to death Mack’s mother — 62-year-old Chicago socialite Sheila von Wiese-Mack — at an upscale hotel in Bali.
At the couple’s trial, Schaefer confessed to the killing and admitted to hitting von Wiese-Mack repeatedly with a metal fruit bowl.
After the slaying, the couple stuffed von Wiese-Mack’s body in a suitcase and, hours later, placed the suitcase in the trunk of a taxi before fleeing the hotel.
The driver notified police after he spotted blood leaking from the luggage.
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In a 2015 interview with PEOPLE from prison, Mack said she and her mother had a tumultuous relationship that included violent fights. She described her mother as domineering, saying her mom lavished her with gifts but also made her sleep in the same bed with her every night.
“She never wanted to be separated from me, and yet she also hated everything about me. It was complicated,” Mack said.
Heather Mack.
Mack gave birth to her daughter, Stella, in 2015 while behind bars. The girl was allowed to live with Mack in prison until she turned 2. Subsequently, Mack turned the child over to woman living in Bali who befriended Mack shortly after she was arrested.
PEOPLE was unable to immediately reach either of Mack’s attorneys after her release.
source: people.com
