Jordan Arrests 1 Person of Interest in Jamey Carney Murder After 200-Mile Flight

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 13

Jordan detained a male within the past 48 hours after learning he had returned there and was the focus of the Irish murder investigation into 43-year-old American Jamey Carney.
Irish police confirmed they knew of a man's arrest in Jordan but did not identify him or say he was the person of interest, and said they had made no arrest request to Jordanian authorities.
Investigators believe Carney was killed around 11 p.m. Monday in Killarney; by the time her 13-year-old daughter found her body Tuesday afternoon, the man had traveled about 200 miles to Dublin Airport and flown to Istanbul.
The arrest complicates the next step because Ireland has no extradition treaty with Jordan, even as the case has drawn criticism that police delayed publicly identifying the suspect and let him gain a head start.
Carney, a New York native who moved to Ireland in 2021, was found dead after suffocation and head injuries, turning the killing in a major tourist town into an international case involving Ireland, Turkey, Jordan and potential FBI support.