INDONESIAN police have charged a US couple with murder after the body of the girl's 62-year-old mother was found stuffed in a suitcase on the resort island of Bali.

THE 19-year-old Heather Mack and her 21-year-old boyfriend Tommy Schaefer were arrested on Wednesday in Bali's Kuta area, a day after the body of Sheila von Wiese-Mack was found inside the boot of a taxi parked in front of the St Regis Bali Resort.

Originally published as US couple in Indonesia charged with murder