The cause of death of an American woman found dead in a scenic Irish town earlier this week has been revealed, according to a report.
Jamey Carney, 43, a New York native who moved to Ireland in 2021, died from suffocation after suffering head injuries, according to a report by investigating her death as a murder.
Irish police said a person of interest had fled the country before her body was found Tuesday at her home in Killarney, County Kerry, a southwest town popular among American tourists. Some Irish publications are reporting the person of interest is an asylum seeker.
The Irish Times reported Carney's body was discovered by a family member at the home she shared with her 13-year-old daughter.
Fox News Digital sought independent confirmation of the reported cause of death from Irish police, the Kerry coroner and the Irish state pathologist. The Irish Justice Department, which oversees the state pathologist, declined to comment, citing the ongoing criminal investigation, as did Irish police.
Investigators believe the person of interest first arrived in the United Kingdom before traveling to Ireland, north of New York City. The newspaper reported her father died 11 months ago.
Public records reviewed by Fox News Digital indicate she also had ties to Rockland County, New York, and northern New Jersey, while Fox News Digital sources said she was a familiar face along Yonkers' McLean Avenue, a neighborhood with a large Irish-American community.
The State Department confirmed to Fox News Digital that an American citizen died in County Kerry on July 7 and said it was providing consular assistance to the victim's family.
A woman who says she is Carney's sister wrote on social media that she and her mother are in Ireland for the foreseeable future and working with Irish police. She wrote that a GoFundMe has been set up to help the family cover funeral expenses.
Carney's cousin, Ryan Fox, said the victim had been very proud of her Irish roots and had been "looking for a beautiful country with like-minded people to raise her daughter," according to The Irish Times.
"She was taken from the people that love her and we're all going to do everything in our power to make sure that this doesn't happen to more people because nobody, nobody deserves this," Fox said, according to the newspaper citing an interview on RTÉ.
Irish police continue to appeal for anyone who was in the Muckross Road area between 11 p.m. on July 6 and 5 a.m. on July 7 and who may have CCTV or dashcam footage to contact investigators.