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An American couple was arrested in Bali after the woman's mother was found dead and stuffed in a suitcase at a posh hotel, local media reported Wednesday.
Heather Mack, 19, and her 21-year-old boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer, were collared after the luggage carrying the body of Sheila von Wiese Mack, 62, was found in the back of a taxi parked in front of the exclusive St. Regis Bali in Nusa Dua on Tuesday, the Jakarta Post reported.
'When we opened the suitcase we were really surprised as we found a dead body,' South Kuta Police Chief Comr. Gede Redastra told the paper.
'There was blood and wounds to her forehead.'
The slain woman was also an American national.
The taxi driver alerted police to the suitcase after a couple - identified later as Mack and Schaefer - put it in the car and disappeared.
'After they put in the suitcase, they went back into the lobby,' the driver, I Ketut Wirjana, told the paper.
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'They told me to wait. But after waiting almost two hours, they hadn't appeared.'
Cops reviewed footage of security cameras at the hotel and interviewed several guests, Redastra said. Police believe Schaefer killed the woman after a fight on Monday night.
'We don't know yet why he killed the victim,' Redastra said.
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'But Tommy and the victim had a fight last night in the hotel lobby.'
Police found and arrested the couple on Wednesday.
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