If released, it would be Mack’s first taste of freedom since her mother’s body was discovered in a bloody suitcase left outside a posh Indonesian resort in 2014. Mack has said she hopes to regain custody of her daughter and live with a California woman.
Heather Mack’s lawyers hope to convince a federal judge Thursday to release the 27-year-old pending trial, giving Mack what would be her first taste of.
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A federal judge rejected Mack’s request to be released pending trial. It would have been Mack’s first taste of freedom since her mother’s body was discovered in a bloody suitcase left outside a posh Indonesian resort in 2014.
A judge is expected to consider a request to release Heather Mack during a hearing Thursday in Chicago. Mack’s attorneys insist she poses no danger to the community and is not a flight risk.