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• American Man Returns to US After 11 Years in Indonesian Prison for Bali Murder

  Tommy Schaefer has been released from an Indonesian prison and deported to the United States after serving 11 years for killing his girlfriend's mother in Bali. The 2014 case became known as the 'suitcase murder' when the victim's body was discovered in a taxi trunk at a luxury resort.