Jamey Carney, the US woman found murdered in her Killarney home, died as a result of suffocation, a postmortem has found.
Initial reports suggested the 43-year-old had been beaten to death, but The Irish Times has established that while she was the victim of an assault and suffered head injuries, State Pathologist Dr Linda Mulligan found suffocation was the cause of death.
Gardaí investigating the death of the mother-of-one are continuing to liaise with foreign police forces. They are trying to locate a suspect who fled the country within hours of the killing.
Gardaí now believe the man, who was known to Carney, boarded a flight at Dublin Airport for Turkey. It is believed he was on the flight before Carney’s body was discovered by a family member at the home she shared with her 13-year-old daughter at Homeland off the Muckross Road in Killarney.
