Suspect in Killarney Killing Traveled to Turkey Before Body Found

Ahmad Alsaqer, 28, left Ireland for Turkey before investigators discovered the body of Jamey Carney, 43, at her rented home in Killarney. New York Post reported that Carney's 13-year-old daughter found the body under a duvet on Tuesday. Alsaqer had surrendered his passport to Ireland's International Protection Office during his asylum application.

The passport was returned after he received subsidiary protection, a status granted to those who do not qualify as refugees but could face harm if returned to their home country, according to New York Post. Carney had moved with her daughter from Westchester County, New York, to Ireland in 2021. She suffered multiple severe head wounds yet was later determined to have died from suffocation.

New York Post reported that Alsaqer had stayed at Carney's home regularly before the killing, leaving his DNA throughout the residence. A source cited by the Irish Times said investigators may face difficulty using the DNA evidence because Alsaqer was not an intruder.

"It would be different if he was an intruder or had never been there before – he might be struggling to explain his DNA in that scenario," the source told the Irish Times.