Tommy Schaefer enters plea of not guilty in Bali suitcase murder

Source Chicago Tribune
Original Load Date Feb. 26, 2026, 12:01 p.m.
Last Updated Feb. 26, 2026, 12:01 p.m.
Original URL https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/26/tommy-schaefer-bali-suitcase-not-guilty-plea/

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Tommy Schaefer left Chicago on a flight to sunny Bali nearly 12 years ago. He returned this week in FBI custody, charged with murder conspiracy in the bludgeoning death of Sheila von Wiese-Mack, the mother of his then-girlfriend, Heather Mack, in a macabre crime that made international headlines. ...