{"id":294299,"date":"2026-07-13T11:47:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/294299\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T11:47:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:47:27","slug":"ny-mom-jamey-carneys-migrant-beau-asked-her-for-dough-a-week-before-her-murder-in-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/294299\/","title":{"rendered":"NY mom Jamey Carney’s migrant beau asked her for dough a week before her murder in Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"

The migrant boyfriend suspected of murdering a New York mom<\/a> at her home in Ireland allegedly asked her for a bunch of money just a week before her death.<\/p>\n

Jamey Carney, 43, had told a pal that her beau, Ahmad Al-Saqar, sought the equivalent of around $5,700 about a week before her murder at her house in Killarney,\u00a0the Irish Independent reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Al-Saqar is now wanted for questioning by authorities in connection with the murder of Carney, who is believed to have been beaten and then suffocated in her bed<\/a> early Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Jamey Carney poses with suspected killer boyfriend Ahmad al-Saqar at an anti-Israeli protest in Killarney, Ireland.<\/p>\n

Al-Saqar, an asylum-seeker from Jordan, is feared to have fled to the Middle East<\/a> in the hours after her death.<\/p>\n

Authorities are examining the victim\u2019s phone calls and texts as well as her social-media accounts and bank statements as part of their probe.<\/p>\n

Carney, who was originally from tony Westchester County outside of New York City, moved with her young daughter to Ireland in May 2021.<\/p>\n

Carney and al-Saqar appear in front of a fake Times Square backdrop on July 4. instagram\/carney_jamey<\/p>\n

She is believed to have met Al-Saqar at a pro-Palestine rally in Killarney about 18 months ago and\u00a0frequently shared pictures of the pair on social media.<\/p>\n

He told friends that he and Carney had taken part in a religious marriage ceremony earlier this year and were wed in the Islamic faith, former roommate Husam Salha told the Irish Independent.<\/p>\n

Al-Saqar posted a video online around that time with the words, \u201cMy bride and my princess,\u201d showing Carney wearing a ring on his TikTok.<\/p>\n

Al-Saqar appears with Carney and her 13-year-old daughter in an undated photo before her murder July 7. Facebook\/Jamey Carney<\/p>\n

\u201cAl-Saqar said they had gone to the mosque and accepted to be husband and wife,\u201d Salha said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Islam, when you get married, you have to let all the people know that you are husband and wife,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Salha said he learned of Carney\u2019s death and Al-Saqar fleeing Ireland when he arrived back at his migrant accommodation Tuesday evening and the police were there.<\/p>\n

Carney died of suffocation after neighbors reported hearing an argument coming from the rented home. Instagram \/ @carney_jamey<\/p>\n

\u201cThey talked to me for several hours, and they took my phone and asked me to call him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Al-Saqar\u2019s phone was still active, but he did not answer Salha\u2019s calls, he said.<\/p>\n

Al-Saqar, who was in the process of seeking asylum in Ireland, is believed to have fled to the Mideast throughTurkey. instagram\/carney_jamey<\/p>\n

Carney was previously married to an Irish national who lives in Killarney.<\/p>\n

Her mother and sister have arrived in Killarney this weekend to care for her 13-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The migrant boyfriend suspected of murdering a New York mom at her home in Ireland allegedly asked her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[29528,15617,30210,164,238,9,24,55,54,56,13094,1076],"class_list":["post-294299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-asylum","tag-flights","tag-ireland","tag-middle-east","tag-murders","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-turkey","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}