--- description: Heather Lois Mack unhappy with treatment in Bali title: Suitcase Murder Suspect Heather Lois Mack Complains About Bali Prison image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7cfdc4c082123db6/69869fde3bc999ea611a4f02/heather-lois-mack.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [indonesia](/tag/indonesia/) ## indonesia Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Suitcase Murder Suspect Complains About Prison Food by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 18, 2014 11:10 AM CUT  Heather Mack, stands at the police district headquarters after she was brought in for questioning in relation to the death of her mother, in Bali, Indonesia on Aug. 14, 2014. Heather Mack, stands at the police district headquarters after she was brought in for questioning in relation to the death of her mother, in Bali, Indonesia on Aug. 14, 2014.Firdia Lisnawati—AP by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 18, 2014 11:10 AM CUT JAKARTA, Indonesia — A pregnant American teen charged with murdering her mother and stuffing her body in a suitcase has complained about the prison food and her treatment as she awaits trial, police said Monday. Officers on the Indonesian resort island of Bali also revealed that Heather Lois Mack, 19, and her 21-year-old boyfriend Tommy Schaefer, who is also charged with murder, could be taken to the United States to stand trial. “Heather complains about the food and that she is not being well-treated in jail nevertheless police treat the prisoners all the same,” said Djoko Hari Utomo, chief of police for the Balinese capital Denpasar… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/suitcase-murder-suspect-heather-lois-mack-complains-about-bali-prison-n182856?cid=par-time-article%5F20140818 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3135385/bali-suitcase-murder-heather-lois-mack/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3135385/bali-suitcase-murder-heather-lois-mack/"},"headline":"Suitcase Murder Suspect Complains About Prison Food","datePublished":"2014-08-18T11:10:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:43:03.013Z","description":"Heather Lois Mack unhappy with treatment in Bali","url":"https://time.com/3135385/bali-suitcase-murder-heather-lois-mack/","keywords":["indonesia"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7cfdc4c082123db6/69869fde3bc999ea611a4f02/heather-lois-mack.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7cfdc4c082123db6/69869fde3bc999ea611a4f02/heather-lois-mack.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Heather Mack, stands at the police district headquarters after she was brought in for questioning in relation to the death of her mother, in Bali, Indonesia on Aug. 14, 2014.","caption":"Heather Mack, stands at the police district headquarters after she was brought in for questioning in relation to the death of her mother, in Bali, Indonesia on Aug. 14, 2014.","creditText":"Firdia Lisnawati—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/indonesia/","name":"indonesia"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3135385/bali-suitcase-murder-heather-lois-mack/","name":"Suitcase Murder Suspect Complains About Prison Food"}}]}] ```