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FILE - Logan Eaton, 9, plays catch in the outfield before a spring training baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the Colorado Rockies, Feb. 22, 2026, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
FILE - A worshiper prays during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan at Al Rahman mosque in Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
FILE - People attend a demonstration in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, to mark the fourth anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
FILE - Firefighters recover a body from the site where homes collapsed during heavy rains and severe flooding in the Parque Burnier neighborhood of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)
FILE - Seen through a charred vehicle, other burned vehicles litter the road after the Mexican army killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho," in Guadalajara, Mexico, Feb. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)
FILE - Vehicles are covered in and surrounded by snow after an overnight snowstorm, Feb. 23, 2026, in Fort Lee, N.J. (AP Photo/Pablo Salinas, File)
FILE - Youths climb a tree during a gathering of therians, people who say they identify as non-human animals, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
FILE - Alysa Liu of the U.S. competes during the women's figure skating free program at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
FILE - Members of the United States' Olympic gold medal hockey team react as President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
FILE - A banner showing U.S. President Donald Trump hangs from the Department of Justice, Feb. 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert, File)
FILE - Riders show off their skills during Maslenitsa, or Shrovetide holiday celebrations in St. Petersburg, Russia, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)
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FILE - Logan Eaton, 9, plays catch in the outfield before a spring training baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the Colorado Rockies, Feb. 22, 2026, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
FILE - A worshiper prays during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan at Al Rahman mosque in Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
FILE - People attend a demonstration in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, to mark the fourth anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
FILE - Firefighters recover a body from the site where homes collapsed during heavy rains and severe flooding in the Parque Burnier neighborhood of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)
FILE - Seen through a charred vehicle, other burned vehicles litter the road after the Mexican army killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho," in Guadalajara, Mexico, Feb. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)
FILE - Vehicles are covered in and surrounded by snow after an overnight snowstorm, Feb. 23, 2026, in Fort Lee, N.J. (AP Photo/Pablo Salinas, File)
FILE - Youths climb a tree during a gathering of therians, people who say they identify as non-human animals, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
FILE - Alysa Liu of the U.S. competes during the women's figure skating free program at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
FILE - Members of the United States' Olympic gold medal hockey team react as President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
FILE - A banner showing U.S. President Donald Trump hangs from the Department of Justice, Feb. 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert, File)
FILE - Riders show off their skills during Maslenitsa, or Shrovetide holiday celebrations in St. Petersburg, Russia, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia freed and deported an American man Tuesday after he spent 11 years in prison for the premeditated murder of his then-girlfriend’s mother on the tourist island of Bali, but he's still on the hook for federal charges back home.
Tommy Schaefer was sentenced to 18 years in prison for the 2014 murder of Sheila von Wiese-Mack, the mother of Heather Mack, during a luxury vacation in what became known as the Bali “ suitcase murder.” The couple was trying to gain access to a $1.5 million trust fund, prosecutors have said.
Schaefer was deported back to the United States from Bali International Airport on Tuesday evening after serving his sentence and receiving a number of remissions for good behavior, said Felucia Sengky Ratna, head of the Bali Regional Office of the Directorate General of Immigration, in a statement.
The battered body of 62-year-old von Wiese-Mack, a wealthy Chicago socialite, was found in a suitcase in the trunk of a taxi parked at the upscale St. Regis Bali Resort in August 2014.
Heather Mack, nearly 19 at the time and a few weeks pregnant, and her then-21-year-old boyfriend, Schaefer, were arrested on the island a day later. Prosecutors said Mack covered her mother’s mouth while Schaefer bludgeoned her with a fruit bowl.
Mack served seven years of a 10-year prison sentence in Bali for helping to kill her mother and was deported in October 2021.
She was also sentenced to 26 years in prison in Chicago in January 2024, after she pleaded guilty to helping kill her mother and stuffing the body in the suitcase.
Schaefer faces federal charges in the U.S. of conspiracy to kill someone in a foreign country, conspiracy to commit murder and tampering with a victim. He was scheduled to make an initial court appearance on those counts in Chicago on Thursday morning.
It’s not clear whether Schaefer has an attorney in the U.S. case. His prior attorney, listed in court records as Chicago-based Thomas Durkin, died last year.
The U.S. Marshals Service handles transporting federal prisoners. No one immediately responded to a message The Associated Press left in the agency’s general media email inbox Wednesday inquiring about whether Schaefer had arrived in the United States and was in custody.
FILE - Tommy Schaefer of Chicago, Ill., who alongwith his girlfriend Heather Mack is accused of murdering Mack's mother Sheila von Wiese-Mack whose body was later found in a suitcase, arrives for his trial hearing at the district court in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia on Jan. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati, File)
FILE - In this March 12, 2015 file photo, Heather Mack, left, and her boyfriend Tommy Schaefer, both from Chicago, Ill., who are accused of of murdering Mack's mother Sheila von Wiese-Mack whose body was later found in a suitcase, enter the court room prior to the start of their trial hearing at the district court in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati, File)