Black Chicago Teen Held in Mom's Bali Killing Says She Was Assaulted in Jail
A Chicago teen being held in an Indonesian jail on charges she
and her boyfriend killed her mother and then stuffed the fresh body into a suitcase claims she's been sexually assaulted at least three times in the five days she's been in police custody. Heather Lois Mack's attorney, Michael Elkin, also confirmed his client is two months pregnant and said she's found what appear to be needle marks on various areas of her body but claims she doesn't know how they got there. "Heather seemed to be dazed and confounded," Elkin said in a statement after talking with his client overnight. "I asked why she sounded incoherent at times. She said that she was not getting enough water. She also mentioned that she was being given 'vitamin pills,' but could not identify what they were for and asked me if she should stop taking them." Mack, 19, and her 21-year-old boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer, were arrested last Wednesday in Bali's Kuta area, a day after the body of Sheila von Wiese-Mack was found inside the trunk of a taxi parked in front of the St. Regis Bali Resort. They were charged with murder two days later. If found guilty, both could be sentenced to death under Article 340 of Indonesia's Criminal Code. Djoko Hari Utomo, chief of police for the Balinese capital Denpasar, said earlier Monday that he was aware of Heather Mack's complaints of mistreatment in jail but did not elaborate. "Heather complains about the food and she is being not well- treated in jail. Nevertheless, police treats the prisoner all the same," he said. Elkin said his telephone conversations with Mack were facilitated by staff from the U.S. Consulate in that country but said his client had not revealed the alleged incidents of sexual abuse to consulate staffers. http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/natio...ional/heather- mack-bali-indonesia-suitcase-homicide- 271652711.html?_osource=outbrain_recirc=obinsite * |
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