Pair charged after mother’s body stuffed into suitcase

Indonesian police charged an American couple with murder after the body of the woman’s 62-year-old mother was found stuffed in a suitcase on the resort island of Bali.

Heather Mack, 19, and her boyfriend Tommy Schaefer, 21, both from Chicago, were arrested on Wednesday in Bali’s Kuta area, a day after the body of Sheila von Wiese-Mack was found inside the boot of a taxi parked in front of the St Regis Bali Resort.

The charges made yesterday are based on witnesses and crime scene evidence, said Bali deputy police chief, Brig Gen Gusti Ngurah Raharja Subyakta.