American in Bali ‘Suitcase Murder’ Freed, Deported to U.S. to Face Chicago Conspiracy Case
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Tommy Schaefer, an American who served 11 years of an 18-year sentence in Indonesia for the 2014 Bali "suitcase murder," has been freed by Indonesian authorities and deported to the United States. He is expected to make an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Chicago on a 2017 federal indictment charging him and Heather Mack with conspiracy to commit murder and obstruction of justice; Mack pleaded guilty in June 2023 and was sentenced in January 2024 to 26 years, and it is unclear who will represent Schaefer after his previous attorney, Thomas Durkin, died last year.
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