Bali ‘Suitcase Killer’ Set for Early Release
An American woman convicted with her boyfriend of killing her mother and stuffing the body in a suitcase at a luxury Bali hotel is to be freed from prison early, her lawyer said Monday.
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Indonesian Women Take on Plastic Waste Brick by Brick
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Bali ‘Suitcase Killer’ Set for Early Release
An American woman convicted with her boyfriend of killing her mother and stuffing the body in a suitcase at a luxury Bali hotel is to be freed from prison early, her lawyer said Monday.
