Author Event - Sgt. Rasul T. Freelain - When Lambs Become Wolves: The Chilling Case of Sheila von Wiese-Mack
Sat, Jun 27
|The Book Loft Oak Park
Meet retired police detective Sgt. Rasul T. Freelain for a discussion of his debut memoir surrounding the circumstances, aftermath, and media storm of this high-profile case.
Time & Location
Jun 27, 2026, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
The Book Loft Oak Park, 1047 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60301, USA
Guests
About the event
Copies will be available for purchase in-store and during the event; book-signing to follow discussion.
A compelling true crime memoir about a high-profile criminal case in Chicagoland and Indonesia that made headlines worldwide, this book offers a personal, heartfelt glimpse of child to parent violence and abuse (CPVA) and its capability for incredible destruction. With keen insight and empathy, the author, a police officer who tried to change the trajectory of domestic violence in a well-known family, tells the tragic story of the murder of Sheila von Wiese-Mack at the hands of her daughter, Heather Mack.
"Like many people in Oak Park and elsewhere, I mourned the tragedy of Sheila’s death, and the pain it caused those who loved her. Then, as details of the circumstances of her death began to emerge, I had other emotions.
I was angry at Heather – a troubled teen I knew well from more…