Gardaí have begun preparations to obtain an extradition warrant for a suspect in the murder of an American woman in Killarney, Co Kerry, after receiving directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to charge the man.Detectives forwarded a file to the DPP on the murder of Jamey Carney (43), a mother of one, and have received a direction back to charge Carney’s boyfriend Ahmed Al Saqar (28) – but gardaí must now seek his extradition as he left Ireland immediately after the killing and went to Jordan.The Irish Times understands that gardaí put together a comprehensive investigation file including witness statements, CCTV footage and DNA evidence as well as the results of a postmortem which revealed that Carney died as a result of asphyxiation.Carney was discovered in an upstairs room at her rented house at Homeland on the Muckross Road in Killarney where she lived with her 13-year-old daughter Michaela. She moved to Ireland in May 2021 and got a job in Co Kerry with a healthcare consulting company.Carney’s murder on the night of July 6th/7th was reported to gardaí in the early afternoon of July 7th after her body was found by a family member in an upstairs bedroom in her home. Al Saqar had already left Ireland at that stage, before gardaí became aware of the killing.Gardaí believe Al Saqar caught a bus from Mission Road in Killarney at 4.30am on July 7th to Bachelors Walk in Dublin and took a taxi to Dublin Airport. He then caught a Turkish Airlines flight to Istanbul at 10.40am, arriving there at about the same time gardaí learned of the murder.Gardaí believe Al Saqar then travelled on from Istanbul to his home country but was arrested within days of his arrival by officers from Jordan’s Public Security Directorate, even though gardaí had at that stage made no request for his detention. He remains in custody in Jordan.It is believed the fact that Carney was an American citizen from Westchester County in New York state may have been a factor in the decision of the Jordanian authorities to arrest and detain Al Saqar over her murder in Ireland.Two senior officers – the senior investigation officer in the case, Det Insp John Kelly from the Kerry Garda Division, and Det Insp Brian Quirke, national interview adviser from the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation (NBCI) – travelled to Jordan in late July to meet officials in Amman.[ Who was American-born Killarney murder victim Jamey Carney?Opens in new window ]Irish law permits extradition only for the purpose of charge or to serve a sentence already imposed, not for questioning, so the investigation team began compiling a comprehensive file on the killing for the DPP and it is understood they received a direction to charge last week.Gardaí must now obtain an arrest warrant for Al Saqar from a District Court judge, which will then be forwarded to the Garda extradition unit attached to NBCI. The unit will prepare an international arrest warrant, which they will then present to the High Court for endorsement.If the High Court endorses the warrant, Irish officials will then make diplomatic representations to Jordan to seek Al Saqar’s extradition as Ireland does not have a formal extradition treaty with Jordan.Extradition lawyer Colleen Gildernew, a partner with KOD Lyons, recently told The Claire Byrne Show on Newstalk that the lack of a pre-existing extradition treaty with Jordan will make seeking Al Saqar’s return challenging.However, she said the American authorities would be very interested in the case and, while they may not be able to extradite anyone for Carney’s murder because it happened on Irish soil, they could assist in intelligence sharing.“They can assist with the investigation, and they can also make diplomatic representations – and that may be useful when it comes to Jordan, because the USA and Jordan do have a treaty. I think there is a process in place there and they might be able to bring some political pressure to bear upon Jordan,” Gildernew said.“It could be the case that the request for extradition is made [by the Irish authorities], and then the American authorities come in and use their influence to see if Jordan will then agree to extradite, even without the formal treaty in place.”