The New York mother, who was allegedly killed by her asylum-seeking boyfriend inside her new home in Ireland, died by suffocation, contradicting initial reports from the bloody murder scene.
Jamey Carney’s battered body, discovered in bed by her 13-year-old daughter, was found hidden underneath a duvet in her room on Tuesday morning in the town of Killarney.
Carney had suffered multiple severe wounds to her head and was believed to have been a victim of a brutal attack from her new beau, Middle Eastern suspected killer Ahmad Alsaqer, but she did not die from the violent assault.
The 43-year-old mother-of-one died as a result of suffocation, according to a postmortem examination by State Pathologist Dr Linda Mulligan, the Irish Times reported.
No additional information from the exam was released.
The Gardai, Irish police, have opened a murder investigation into Carney’s death and are searching for 28-year-old Alsaqer, who is believed to have fled the country hours after the alleged killing.
Officials fear DNA evidence found at the scene may hinder the investigation as Alsaqer had visited Carney’s home regularly as opposed to a murder committed by a stranger, the outlet reported.
Carney, who was working for a healthcare consulting company, met Alsaqer at the pro-Palestinian rally a year and a half ago.
The two had been pictured in multiple social media posts in the weeks leading up to Carney’s death, including one where they
He is believed to have jumped on a bus from Killarney to Dublin at 3 a.m. and possibly a last-minute flight out of Ireland to Istanbul, Turkey, according to the Irish Independent.
Police are probing several of Alsaqer’s contacts across the Middle East, including in Turkey, Syria and Jordan, suspecting they are helping the man, who arrived in Ireland in 2024, escape.
Officials issued alerts at ports and airports over fears Alsaqer had a 12-hour head start to flee the country before Carney’s body was found.
“(Police) are satisfied that a person of interest in this investigation left the jurisdiction in the early hours of Tuesday 7th July prior to the body of the deceased female being discovered and reported to,” a police statement to the Irish Independent said.
It is unclear how he could have fled the country as he wouldn’t have had access to his passport due to his open asylum application, sources told the outlet.
Carney, who had moved with her daughter from Westchester County, NY, to Ireland in 2021, was remembered by family as a “most caring humanitarian.”
“The sweetest, most caring, most humanitarian person,” her cousin Ryan Fox told RTE.
Fox called Carney’s death “a shock and a nightmare” to their family, as her mother was “very upset” and “could barely get her words across.”
“It’s something that nobody expected because, two days before, there was a picture posted, everybody’s smiling,” Fox told the outlet.
Carney may have been killed during a jealous fit or rage, the Irish Independent previously reported.
Neighbors reported hearing a loud argument coming from Carney’s rented home on Monday, hours before her body was discovered.
Police also asked for anyone in the area of the luxury housing estate between 11 p.m. Monday and 5 a.m. Tuesday to step forward with any information or CCTV video.
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