The body of Jamey Carney, a 43-year-old mother-of-one, was found by her teenage daughter at their home in Killarney last week.
The American woman had suffered head injuries and a postmortem confirmed she had died a violent death by suffocation. Gardai traced her partner, Ahmed Al Saqar’s, movements immediately after the killing and found that he left Ireland hours after she was killed, flying to Turkey having taken the night bus from Kerry.
He then travelled on to Jordan where he was arrested and is in custody.
It is thought the 28-year-old had been in Ireland for two years and had sought asylum before fleeing back to Jordan after the murder.
The investigation is a full-scale murder inquiry.
Gardaí did not seek Al Saqar’s arrest in his home country, so why was he detained? How long can he be held by Jordanian authorities before he must be released? Ireland and Jordan do not have an extradition treaty so how can Al Saqar be brought back to Ireland? And when?
Irish Times crime and security editor Conor Lally explains the complex road ahead in this investigation.
Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Suzanne Brennan.
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