
Last week we reported that Ryan Jenkins, a reality star accused of murdering his ex-wife, was believed to have fled to Canada. On Sunday, the Calgary native was found hanged in a motel room in B.C.
The Thunderbird Motel manager, Kevin Walker, discovered the 32-year-old hanging from a belt on Sunday after no one checked out at the required 11 a.m. time.
A woman, who is “known to police” had checked into the room for three days on Friday with upfront cash. Police say she the unnamed woman is not a risk.
“We wanted to reassure the Canadian public that the RCMP know who this individual is. We do not need assistance locating this person and she should not be considered a risk,” Sergeant Duncan Pound said yesterday during a news conference in Hope.
Jenkins had been charged with the murder of his ex-wife, Jasmine Fiore, a 28-year-old former Los Angeles swimsuit model.
Her beaten body was found in a dumpster, and was missing teeth and fingernails. The key factor that identified her body was her breast implants, which contained a serial number.
Fiore and Jenkins met in Las Vegas in March shortly after Jenkins competed in a series with other millionaires fighting for a model’s affections, and the couple were married shortly thereafter.
The marriage was annulled within months, but the couple reunited. On Aug. 13, they checked into a San Diego hotel together, but only Jenkins was seen leaving the next morning.
A fingerprint test by the RCMP confirmed the body found in the motel room was Jenkins, who was hiding out after his face was plastered across North American news outlets and a $25,000 reward was offered for information leading to his arrest.
Even Duane Chapman, otherwise known as the star of Dog the Bounty Hunter, said he would help track down Jenkins if Canadian authorities requested it.
A spokesperson for the Orange County district attorney’s office says the charges against Jenkins have now been dropped and there are no other suspects in Fiore’s murder.
VH1, the station behind Jenkins’ series, Megan wants a Millionaire, has decided to cancel the show, and execs are mulling over whether to air I Love Money 3, another series featuring the deceased.
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