The pregnant 'body-in-suitcase' murder suspect Heather Mack told her lawyer 'I don't know how long I can take this' as it emerged she was put in solitary confinement in an Indonesian jail, her lawyer said on Monday. The 19-year-old's Chicago attorney told MailOnline he spoke to Mack for the first time in several days shortly after midnight today. 'She has gotten worse in terms of her emotional and mental state,' he said. 'On the one hand, the fact she is now in isolation with a female guard is healthy, but on the other she is very scared by what is going on.
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Heather Mack's lawyer reveals the desperate midnight phone call
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Mack and boyfriend accused of murdering Shiela von Wiese Mack in Bali and stuffing her body in a suitcase
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Chicago lawyer Michael Elkin said she is 'very scared' but he can't go to paradise island to be with her as he could face arrest himself
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Claims he's been told that if he goes to island he may be detained by police for claiming that Mack had been sexually assaulted in jail
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Mrs von Wiese Mack's brother said teen became more trouble after death of husband, Chicago composer James L Mack, in 2006
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