{"id":588768,"date":"2026-07-16T14:12:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T14:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/588768\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T14:12:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T14:12:22","slug":"prime-suspect-in-jamey-carney-murder-to-be-held-in-jordan-for-15-days-as-investigation-continues-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/588768\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime suspect in Jamey Carney murder to be held in Jordan for 15 days as investigation continues \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

The prime suspect in the murder of US woman Jamey Carney<\/a> in Co Kerry<\/a> will be held by Jordanian authorities for 15 days to allow for an investigation.<\/p>\n

The Jordanian ministry of the interior said it was notified by Irish authorities that a Jordanian citizen is suspected of killing an American woman in Ireland following a preliminary investigation.<\/p>\n

Although not named in the statement, it is understood the man arrested in Jordan<\/a> is Ahmed Al Saqar (28), the deceased\u2019s boyfriend, who garda\u00ed consider the prime suspect in her killing.<\/p>\n

A murder investigation is under way into her death.<\/p>\n

Garda\u00ed<\/a> believe Al Saqar left Ireland for Turkey immediately after Jamey Carney was killed and before her body was discovered in her home in Killarney<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Upon notification by Irish authorities, \u201cJordanian security agencies immediately launched search, investigation and tracking operations after identifying the suspect\u2019s residence and whereabouts,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

Al Saqar was \u201csubsequently arrested and questioned\u201d by Jordanian police. Authorities said the case has been referred to a prosecutor at the Jordanian Grand Criminal Court \u2013 the country\u2019s trial court for serious crimes. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe prosecutor has begun the investigation and ordered the suspect to be held in custody for 15 days at a correctional and rehabilitation centre while the investigation continues.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Irish Times understands the Garda has requested assistance and information<\/a> from a number of other police forces as part of the murder investigation.<\/p>\n

Under Irish extradition law, garda\u00ed can only seek the extradition of a suspect to either serve an existing sentence or for the purpose of charge for a new offence. They cannot seek the extradition of a person as part of their investigation or to simply question them.<\/p>\n

Ireland does not have a comprehensive bilateral extradition treaty with Jordan. Extraditions between the two countries are governed by the Extradition Act 1965 and are only granted where offences carry more than a one-year prison sentence.<\/p>\n

Al Saqar came to Ireland from the UK in 2024, travelling first to Northern Ireland before making his way to Dublin. He later moved to Killarney, where he became involved in a relationship with Jamey Carney.<\/p>\n

She was originally from Westchester County, north of New York City, and had moved with her daughter Michaela to Ireland in May 2021, settling in Killarney. She worked for a healthcare consulting company.<\/p>\n

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Garda\u00ed are satisfied that Al Saqar caught a Green Coach from Mission Road in Killarney at 4.30am on July 7th to Bachelors Walk in Dublin and from there got a taxi to Dublin Airport, where he caught a Turkish Airlines flight to Istanbul at 10.40am.<\/p>\n

Garda\u00ed believe that he had already landed, or was about to land, in Istanbul when they received a report at 1pm on July 7th that Jamey Carney had been found dead at her home in Homeland on the Muckross Road in Killarney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The prime suspect in the murder of US woman Jamey Carney in Co Kerry will be held by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588769,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[40],"tags":[956,9,10,18,13,14,6,19,17,8628,957,64626,11,12,15,16,5,7,8],"class_list":["post-588768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-an-garda-siochana","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-eire","tag-featured-news","tag-featurednews","tag-headlines","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jordan","tag-kerry","tag-killarney","tag-latest-news","tag-latestnews","tag-main-news","tag-mainnews","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116930068180623715","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}