Indonesia deports US man convicted in Bali 'suitcase murder'

FILE PHOTO: Tommy Schaefer (right) and Heather Mack (left) attend their trial in Denpasar, Bali, in 2014. - Tribunnews.com/File via The Jakarta Post/ANN

DENPASAR, Indonesia: An American convicted of killing the mother of his then-pregnant teenage girlfriend at an Indonesian luxury hotel was deported Tuesday (Feb 24) after his early release from prison, immigration authorities said.

Tommy Schaefer, 32, was released last week from prison on the island of Bali and moved to an immigration detention facility there on Friday. He boarded a flight late Tuesday bound for the United States, a local immigration official confirmed to AFP.