A holiday in the idyllic surroundings of Bali was supposed to be a chance for a mother and daughter to reconnect after a troubled period but the trip turned into a deadly nightmare.
Channel 5 documentary Killed by My Daughter: Murder in Paradise, which airs on Tuesday 22 April at 10pm, recounts the horrific case.
The luxury Bali resort where Sheila von Wiese-Mack was staying (Photo: Getty)
Sheila von Wiese grew up in suburban Detroit before moving to Milwaukee with her siblings.
In the early 90s, she met and married composer and arranger James Mack
He had been married twice before and had five children from those relationships. The couple went on to have a daughter Lois Heather Mack, known as Heather, in 1995.
In 2006, Mr Mack died while the family were on holiday in Greece and Ms von Wiese -Mack was left to bring up their then 10-year-old daughter alone.
Tommy Schaefer and Heather Mack in police custody in Indonesia ((Photo: Getty)Why did Heather Mack kill her mother?
Heather dropped out of high school two years early and stayed in two different facilities for juveniles with mental health problems.
The family lived in the Oak Park district of Chicago and between 2004 and 2013 the police said they made 86 calls to the home ranging from theft and 911 hang-ups to missing person and domestic violence.
She was found guilty of battery and ordered to attend mandatory counselling.
Ms von Wiese-Mack did not approve of this relationship and moved the family to another part of Chicago.
In August 2014, mother and daughter went on a luxury holiday to Bali, staying at the St Regis Hotel in Nusa Dua. At the time, they were reported to be awaiting blood test results to confirm if 18-year-old Heather was pregnant again.
On the evening of 12 August, Schaefer and Heather Mack killed the 62-year-old in the hotel room.
The couple then stuffed her body into a suitcase and left it in the boot of a taxi before they fled.
Both were arrested in connection with the killing.
Heather Mack with baby Stella in an Indonesian jail (Photo: Getty)They were both charged with premeditated murder on 14 January 2015.
In April 2015, Mack was sentenced to 10 years in prison for being an accessory to murder and Schaefer was given an 18-year sentence for the murder.
Heather Mack served seven years of her 10-year Indonesian sentence and then returned with her now six-year-old daughter to the USA.
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Read MoreIn September 2015, Schaefer’s cousin Robert Bibbs had been arrested in Chicago in connection with conspiracy to murder.
Bibbs was sentenced to nine years in prison on 2 June 2017, on one count of conspiracy to commit foreign murder.
She was due to stand trial in July 2023 but in June of that year she pleaded guilty and was finally sentenced in January 2024 to 26 years imprisonment.
Their daughter Stella has now been placed with a relative after a custody battle.
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