Afternoon Briefing: Judge finds ‘plenty of reason’ to consider Heather Mack a danger

Good afternoon, Chicago.

Chicago native Heather Mack has been behind bars since the day her mother’s bludgeoned body was discovered nearly 8 1/2 years ago, stuffed in a suitcase in the Bali resort where they’d been vacationing.

And behind bars is where Mack will remain, at least for now.

U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly denied Mack’s release request today after an emotionally charged hearing that saw relatives of her slain mother, Sheila von Wiese-Mack, plead with the judge to keep her locked up.

Read a timeline of the case, as found in the Chicago Tribune archives.

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