The suspect in the murder of New York mom Jamey Carney was able to flee Ireland after authorities returned his passport while he sought asylum — as investigators worry they will not be able to use DNA evidence to charge him.
Ahmad Alsaqer, 28, is believed to have already been in the air bound for Turkey with his own passport when his girlfriend’s battered body was found underneath a duvet by her 13-year-old daughter at their rented home in Killarney on Tuesday, according to Extra.ie.
Alsaqer, like all applicants who apply for international protection in Ireland, had surrendered his passport to the country’s International Protection Office while he applied for asylum.
Jamey Carney’s suspected killer, Ahmad Alsaqer was able to flee Ireland after authorities returned his passport while he sought asylum there.
Alsaqer is believed to have already been on his way to Turkey when his Carney’s battered body was found by hher 13-year-old daughter. Facebook/gazlalsaqer
However his passport was returned because he had been granted subsidiary protection — a status for asylum seekers who do not meet the legal definition of a refugee, but could still face harm if deported to their native country, according to Extra.ie.
Carney, 43, who had moved with her daughter from Westchester County, N.Y., to Ireland in 2021, suffered multiple severe wounds to her head and was believed to have died from the brutal attack from her new boyfriend — but officials later confirmed she died from suffocation.
Investigators may have a hard time charging Alsaqer with Carney’s murder because he used to stay over at her home regularly, leaving his DNA all over the place before he allegedly killed her, sources told the Irish Times.
“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 paper.
Carney suffered multiple severe wounds to her head and was believed to have died from the brutal attack Facebook/jameycarney.cbmoves
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 posted photos together on social media in the weeks before she was killed.
Neighbors reported hearing a loud argument coming from Carney’s rented home in Killarney on Monday.
Alsaqer allegedly hopped on an express bus to Dublin airport at around 3 a.m. Tuesday — after the fight but before the mom’s body was found by her daughter, according to Extra.ie.
Police are probing several of Alsaqer’s contacts across the Middle East. Facebook/Jamey Carney
He then hopped on the first possible flight to Turkey around 10:50 a.m., investigators said.
Police believe he had about a 12-hour head start before Carney’s body was found.
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.
Carney may have been killed during a jealous fit or rage, the Irish Independent previously reported.