Former Employee of Sen. Edward Kennedy Killed In Mali, Daughter Arrested

Tragic: The body of Sheila von Wiese Mack, pictured last year, was found beaten and bruised, crammed into a suitcase that the young couple had left in the trunk of a taxi before apparently fleeing through the hotel's rear exit.

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Friends of a widow beaten to death and stuffed in a suitcase at a Bali resort say they warned her not to take her troublesome teenage daughter along on the dream vacation.
The news comes as it emerged police had been called to victim Sheila von Wiese Mack's suburban Chicago home some 86 times to break up fights between the wealthy academic and her daughter, Heather Mack, 19, a college drop out who was 'hanging out with a bad crowd' and had recently moved into a hotel.

Teen: Ms Mack, recently graduated high school

The two had an often tempestuous relationship, recalled close friend Mark Bacharach, and had been fighting prior to the vacation at the luxury St. Regis hotel on the Indonesian island resort.
But Mrs Mack tracked down her daughter, and despite the fact she 'barely recognized her anymore' the two set off on the 10-day-plus trip to the other side of the globe, where the 62-year-old ultimately met a grisly end.
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The Jakarta Globe reported that the driver told police he had gone to the hotel to pick up Mrs Mack and her daughter - whose full name was given by police as Lois Heather Mack - and Ms Mack's boyfriend.
The young couple loaded the large suitcase into the boot, before going back into the luxury hotel - but they did not come back out again.
After waiting for two hours, the driver was advised by the hotel staff to report the matter to the police. It is believed that the suitcase was leaking blood by this point.
He drove to Kuta Police Station, where officers opened the suitcase and found Mrs Mack's body inside.
'The body was wrapped in a hotel bedsheet and tied up with duct tape,' said Inspector Djoko. 'There were blood stains all over the sheet.'
Two smaller suitcases were found in the St. Regis' garden both containing hotel towels with blood on them, police said.
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A doctor there said the victim had suffered several wounds to the head, which appeared to have been inflicted with 'blunt tools'.
'Looking at the wounds, the victim must have fought back,' said Ida Bagus Alit, adding that one of her fingers on her left hand was broken and there were bruises on her wrists.
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The Minnesota-born Mrs Mack studied political science at Simmons College in Boston before getting a job with Senator Ted Kennedy, she told the Caxton Club, a book collectors group, in an interview last year.
'He had me doing research for him, and lots of miscellaneous jobs the political life requires. I even poured tea for Rose Kennedy a time or two.'
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She also later worked with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, she said in the interview. Later, she did a PHD at the University of Chicago, studying with Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Saul Bellow for 10 years.
Mrs Mack is also the widow of the late Chicago composer and conductor James L.Mack, who died in August 2006.

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'She was a vicious little monster': friends warned widow found butchered in a suitcase NOT to take her teenage daughter on dream trip to Bali after years of fights and 86 police visits
Sheila von Wiese Mack was found half naked and with wounds to her head
Her body was in a suitcase left in a cab as her daughter checked out
Her daughter, Heather Mack, 19, and the teen's boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer, 21, were arrested this morning after apparently trying to flee the hotel
Mrs Mack's friends say they warned her not to take her troublesome teenage daughter on vacation with her
The pair had a tempestuous relationship which resulted in 86 police visits
Just days before the grim discovery, Ms Mack posted a photo on Instagram with a cryptic comment about not being told what to do
The 62-year-old widow from Oak Park, Illinois, was a wealthy academic who once worked for Senator Ted Kennedy
Her late husband, and her daughter's father, was composer James Mack
By DAMIEN GAYLE FOR MAILONLINE and RICHARD SHEARS and HELEN POW and MARTIN GOULD IN OAK PARK, ILLINOIS FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 03:28 EST, 13 August 2014 | UPDATED: 17:16 EST, 13 August 2014