A Maine farmhand denied asylum in Ireland has been arrested in the killing and dismemberment of an Irish farmer for whom he had been working.
Michael Kelley, 54, was arrested in Ireland last week on a murder charge.
Kelley used to live in coastal Waldo County, Maine, just north of Camden, before leaving to seek asylum in Ireland.
The former U.S. Army trooper allegedly killed Michael Gaine, a sheep farmer in Kenmare, County Kerry, Ireland, last year.
Gaine, 56, on whose farm Kelley had been a tenant, was reported missing a year ago by his family.
Cops said they found Gaine’s dismembered body eight weeks later in a slurry tank on his farm.
They said he had been chainsawed to pieces and that they found what had been a missing chainsaw linked to the dismemberment.
Kelley last year told the Irish Mirror he was “absolutely revolted” by what appears to have happened to Gaine and that it was “heartbreaking.”
He said he was upset over Gaine’s apparent killing and denied any involvement.
Claiming persecution in the U.S. he had sought asylum in Ireland.
Irish police last year came to Camden to talk with Kelley’s ex-wife, from whom he had previously unsuccessfully fought in Maine courts for sole custody of their two children.
Former Midcoast Maine Failed Irish Asylee Charged With Gruesome Murder Of Ireland Farmer
By Ted Cohen
