Man suspected of killing model found dead in Canada, sources say
[UPDATED at 7:40 p.m. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has confirmed that Ryan Jenkins, the reality TV show contestant who is suspected of killing his ex-wife and fleeing from Southern California to Canada, was found dead in a motel in Hope, British Columbia.
"At this present time the investigation into the circumstances of his death is continuing, but preliminary evidence suggests that he took his own life," the department said in a news release.]
Former reality TV contestant Ryan Jenkins, sought by U.S. and Canadian authorities in connection with the death of his ex-wife, model Jasmine Fiore, apparently hanged himself in a motel room in Hope, British Columbia, according to sources familiar with the investigation.
Jenkins was the focal point of an intensive manhunt since last week, when Fiore's body was found stuffed in a suitcase and dumped in a trash bin in Buena Park. Authorities said Fiore’s teeth and fingers had been removed.
American law enforcement authorities tracked him fleeing across the international border in a speedboat.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police had appealed to the public for help, calling Jenkins a dangerous suspect.
-- Julie Cart and Andrew Blankstein
EDITOR'S PICKS:
May the healing begin on both sides.
Posted by: dlc | August 23, 2009 at 07:13 PM
Sad, sad for both families. I know this incident is giving VH1 and Viacom a black eye now and maybe they will try to screen out people for their shows better.
Posted by: Gayle | August 23, 2009 at 07:16 PM
Good riddance! We need less people like this on this planet and in the human gene pool.
Posted by: Chrissy | August 23, 2009 at 07:27 PM
Good.
Posted by: mark | August 23, 2009 at 07:40 PM
It's a sad story, but at least he is a man to take responsibility on his action. Not like OJ, pointing a gun to himself in the white Bronco, but did not have the gut to do it.
Posted by: Jsie | August 23, 2009 at 07:44 PM
That just saved the tax payers a ton of money. Thank you, Ryan. RIP Jasmine.
Posted by: Ann Onymous | August 23, 2009 at 07:48 PM
What a major "Chickhen " He kills this woman and then he kills himself.
Well So Calif won't have to worry now about court cost & jail time for this self center jerk. Prayer for the families of the 2 lives lost.
Posted by: pleasepetten | August 23, 2009 at 07:50 PM
He did just like he lived: a gutless punk and a complete coward.
Posted by: Ed | August 23, 2009 at 07:53 PM
what a coward! Burning in hell right now....aha must have thought he get away with it.
Posted by: jay | August 23, 2009 at 08:01 PM
Considering the international implications, the world-wide coverage of this manhunt... is this story a minor blip on the LA Time website? I almost did NOT see it?!?!?
LA Times... wake up!!!! This is your chance to be one of the lead coverage sites on the Internet.
Sheesh!
Posted by: LD | August 23, 2009 at 08:01 PM
So the coward kills himself, huh? May he rot in hell.
Posted by: phoenixandrew | August 23, 2009 at 08:07 PM
Thank you, Ryan. You did for us all what we would have done to you. And now be consigned to Hell forever.
Posted by: Mark Namhie | August 23, 2009 at 08:15 PM
what circumstances lead to this, what makes a human being kill another human being
Posted by: somerandomguyinL.A. | August 23, 2009 at 08:16 PM
He ran to Canada? Was he an illigal immigrant? Their always causing stuff..
Posted by: DR | August 23, 2009 at 08:19 PM
Sad end to a sad story. A millionaire and a model dead and their careers ended forever. Wonder what prompted a guy in his position to kill her. Being born to such wealthy parents, you would think that he had it all but he threw it away.
Posted by: robert | August 23, 2009 at 08:36 PM
GOOD! That's what they all should do. RIP Jasmine.
Posted by: ladyofargonne | August 23, 2009 at 08:38 PM
Okay, good. Next topic?
Posted by: Evan | August 23, 2009 at 08:41 PM
Men who mousse themselves know they deserve to hang .
Posted by: nat turner | August 23, 2009 at 08:44 PM
One less creep in the world. We mourn the loss of an inocent life, who was brutally murdered by this tyrant. What a coward, had no guts to face his actions. His sould will probably molder for centuries to come.
Posted by: joe | August 23, 2009 at 08:46 PM
he was a coward all the way.
only a coward abuses women.
only a coward kills a woman.
only a coward kills himslf.
Good riddance.
Posted by: Robbob | August 23, 2009 at 08:47 PM
What you sew is what you reap for both!!!!!!!!!!!! No victims!!!!
Posted by: JR | August 23, 2009 at 08:50 PM
mess with the bull...get the horns.
Posted by: alan | August 23, 2009 at 09:02 PM
what a waste!!!! girl wants someone rich; guy wants...who knows? then venemous enough to mutilate her and pull out teeth.
ends own life in Hope- the place where Rambo was in the first of a series.
Posted by: john d wilburn | August 23, 2009 at 09:14 PM
I find it hard to believe that a former reality show contestant and Playboy model who met in a strip club in Vegas and then got married two days later had any marital problems that could lead to something like this.
Posted by: bob | August 23, 2009 at 09:18 PM