NY mom beaten to death inside Ireland home as police search for person of interest she knew: report
A New York mother, who moved to Ireland with her teen daughter, was beaten to death inside her home as police launched a search for a “person of significant interest” whom she knew.Jamey Carney, a 43-year-old Westchester County native, was found covered under her bedsheets, suffering from multiple head wounds inside her rented home in the Irish town of Killarney on Tuesday, the Irish Independent reported.Carney, who had moved into the Killarney home with her daughter in September, was pronounced dead just after 1 p.m., the Gardaí, Ireland’s National Police, said.Police had been called to the home after Carney’s 13-year-old daughter found her mother in bed and called a friend asking for help.Blood stains were splattered around Carney’s room and the killer allegedly used a duvet to cover Carney’s wounded torso and face before fleeing, the outlet reported.Police secured the crime scene for a technical examination, and transported Carney’s body to the University Hospital Kerry for an autopsy just after 11 a.m.
Wednesday.Results of the postmortem examination were not publicly released, but officials upgraded the case to a murder investigation, according to the outlet.Officials placed Ireland’s ports and airports on high alert over fears the alleged killer was attempting to flee the country into Northern Ireland or to Britain.The unidentified person of interest, described as an asylum-seeking Middle Eastern man in his late 20s or early 30s, had lived in the Killarney area for over a year since arriving in Ireland, having previously lived in France and Turkey, the Irish Independent reported.Carney and the man are believed to have known each other, and last saw each other on Sunday and Monday.Neighbors reported hearing an argument between a man and a woman coming from the newly built Homeland estate Monday afternoon, with investigators looking into whether Carney was killed out of a fit of jealous rage, according to the outlet.Morning Report delive...