--- description: Victim’s teenage daughter and daughter’s boyfriend arrested in connection with the death title: Suitcase Killing: American's Body Found at Posh Bali Resort image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt683cc0b7ef23afce/69869f64361760658490d70f/bali-suitcase-murder.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 # American Tourist's Body Found Stuffed in Suitcase at Bali Resort by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 13, 2014 4:42 PM CUT  The suitcase where the body of a woman was found inside, displayed at a police station in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, Aug. 12, 2014. The suitcase where the body of a woman was found inside, displayed at a police station in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, Aug. 12, 2014.Sonny Tumbelaka—AFP/Getty Images by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 13, 2014 4:42 PM CUT The half-naked body of an American tourist was found stuffed in a suitcase at a posh five-star resort in Indonesia, officials said Wednesday. Police identified the corpse as 62-year-old Chicagoan Sheila Von Weise Mack – and said the victim’s teenage daughter and daughter’s boyfriend had been arrested in connection with the death. The body was found in a suitcase in the back of a parked taxi outside the exclusive [St. Regis Bali](http://www.stregisbali.com/ "undefined") resort in Nusa Dua, where rooms start at $500 but go for up to $8,000 a night. [Read more from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/body-american-sheila-von-weise-mack-found-suitcase-bali-st-n179351?cid=par-time-article%5F20140813 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3108300/suitcase-murder-bali-resort/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3108300/suitcase-murder-bali-resort/"},"headline":"American Tourist's Body Found Stuffed in Suitcase at Bali Resort","datePublished":"2014-08-13T16:42:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:39:03.254Z","description":"Victim’s teenage daughter and daughter’s boyfriend arrested in connection with the death","url":"https://time.com/3108300/suitcase-murder-bali-resort/","keywords":["indonesia","Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt683cc0b7ef23afce/69869f64361760658490d70f/bali-suitcase-murder.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/blt683cc0b7ef23afce/69869f64361760658490d70f/bali-suitcase-murder.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Bali Indonesia Suitcase Murder","caption":"Bali Indonesia Suitcase Murder","creditText":"Sonny Tumbelaka—AFP/Getty Images","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/3108300/suitcase-murder-bali-resort/","name":"American Tourist's Body Found Stuffed in Suitcase at Bali Resort"}}]}] ```