Battered body of American woman found stuffed in suitcase on Bali

An American tourist's battered body has been found in a suitcase at an exclusive hotel on Indonesia's resort island of Bali, and her daughter and the daughter's boyfriend had been arrested in connection with the killing, police said yesterday.

The body of Sheila von Wiese Mack was found on Tuesday stuffed into a suitcase in the boot of a taxi in front of the five-star St Regis hotel in the upscale Nusa Dua resort area of Bali.

The victim, 62 was half naked, had several wounds to her head, and appeared to have put up a struggle, a doctor said.

She had been staying in the hotel with her daughter, Heather, 19, and her daughter's boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer, 21, local police chief Djoko Hari Utomo said.

Mack and her daughter stayed in the hotel together for several days before the boyfriend joined them on Monday, Utomo said.

Mack was recorded on CCTV arguing with Schaefer in the hotel lobby the same night, he said.

The next day, the couple were checking out and sent several suitcases down to a taxi, allegedly including the one that contained the victim.