Racial Slur Said to be Motive in Bludgeoning Death of Chicago Woman in Bali

The daughter of a woman killed in Bali and stuffed into a suitcase told Indonesian police that her boyfriend beat her mother with the iron grip of a fruit bowl because he was angry that the woman called him the N-word.

Capt. Nengah Sadiarta, police detective chief, said Heather Mack, 19, of Oak Park, described what happened in the resort hotel room in August, saying she Tommy Schaefer, 21, struck her mother, Sheila von Wiese-Mack, 62, during an argument.

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Police said they found the dead woman’s blood on Schaefer’s clothing. Police also said a hotel video shows Schaefer entering the room at 3:48 a.m. as he holds the iron bowl grip under his shirt.

The Sydney Morning Herald quotes Sadiarta as saying: ”The victim called Tommy a (n-word). Tommy retorted, saying, ‘Your husband was a “(n-word)” too’. Sheila then said, ‘Yes, but a rich one’.”

After being taken into custody, Schaefer complained that Indonesian jailers were feeding him KFC and using fried chicken to mock his race.

The daughter said she didn’t see the beating nor did she help. Her father, James Mack, a well regarded composer, died in 2006.

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