to be sent home. September 19th, Schaeffer admitted to killing Sheila and Heather admitted to helping him stuff the body into the suitcase. They were both charged with premeditated murder on January 14, 2015, for which the punishment could have been death by firing squad. Schaeffer claimed that he had killed Sheila Von Wiese Mack after she had threatened to kill their unborn baby, and choked him for half a minute. Heather Mack was sentenced to 10 years in prison, and Tommy Schaeffer to 18 years in April 2015. Judges said during sentencing that they were lenient to Heather because she had given birth to a baby. On September 23, 2015 the cousin of Tommy Schaefer, Robert Bibbs, was arrested in Chicago on federal charges for conspiracy for advising Mack and Schaefer about how to kill Mack's mother. He was sentenced to 9 years in prison on June 2nd, 2017 on one count of conspiracy to commit foreign murder. The plea deal stated that Bibbs was aware that Heather had offered Tommy $50,000 to kill her mother, and that Bibbs advised Schaefer on how to kill her, that he encouraged him to kill her. Trust fund lawsuits Mack was the beneficiary of a $1.6 million trust fund from her mother, which would pay her small annual payments until the age of 30, and then the balance at that time. During the court case, up to $150,000 was initially approved to cover legal expenses, plus smaller payments for food and personal expenses. Sheila's brother, Bill Wiese, the administrator of the estate, expressed concern that the money was being used to cover bribes, when a demand came from her Indonesian lawyer for a further $200,000 lump sum. The final disposition of the trust fund was resolved in a 2018 settlement in favor of Heather's daughter. 2021 release from prison Heather Mack received a total of 34 months remission from her prison sentence, including a six-month Independence day remission awarded by President Joko Widodo in August of 2021, and was freed from prison on 29 October 2021. Mack wanted to stay in Indonesia with her daughter, claiming it was safer than Chicago. Indonesian immigration indicated that both would be immediately deported, as her daughter was born American under Indonesia's jus sanguinis nationality law. On her arrival to the United States Heather was arrested on conspiracy and obstruction charges. Her federal trial will begin