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The migrant boyfriend suspected of murdering a New York mom at her home in Ireland allegedly asked her for money just a week before her death.
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, the Irish Independent reported.
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 early Tuesday.
Al-Saqar, an asylum-seeker from Jordan, is feared to have fled to the Middle East in the hours after her death.
Authorities are examining the victim’s phone calls and texts as well as her social-media accounts and bank statements as part of their probe.
Carney, who was originally from tony Westchester County outside of New York City, moved with her young daughter to Ireland in May 2021.
She is believed to have met Al-Saqar at a pro-Palestine rally in Killarney about 18 months ago and frequently shared pictures of the pair on social media.
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.
Al-Saqar posted a video online around that time with the words, “My bride and my princess,” showing Carney wearing a ring on his TikTok.
“Al-Saqar said they had gone to the mosque and accepted to be husband and wife,” Salha said.
“In Islam, when you get married, you have to let all the people know that you are husband and wife,” he said.
Salha said he learned of Carney’s death and Al-Saqar fleeing Ireland when he arrived back at his migrant accommodation Tuesday evening and the police were there.
“They talked to me for several hours, and they took my phone and asked me to call him,” he said.
Al-Saqar’s phone was still active, but he did not answer Salha’s calls, he said.
Carney was previously married to an Irish national who lives in Killarney.
Her mother and sister have arrived in Killarney this weekend to care for her 13-year-old daughter.
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