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.

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