A reality TV contestant whose model wife was murdered has today himself been found dead in Canada.
Ryan Jenkins, 32, was wanted in California on first degree murder charges after the body of his wife, former model Jasmine Fiore, 28, was found naked and dismembered in a suitcase.
Police were called to a motel east of Vancouver yesterday, where it is believed Jenkins took his own life. He disappeared after reporting his wife missing.
Jenkins, a real estate developer, had taken part in the Megan Wants a Millionaire show in the US, as an investment banker who was trying to 'win' a young woman on the show. The series was cancelled after he was suspected of murdering his wife.
Ms Fiore married Jenkins in March in Las Vegas. Her body was found in a suitcase in rubbish bin in Buena Park in Los Angeles on August 15th. Her teeth had been pulled out and her fingers cut off in what is believed to have been attempt to hinder her identification. Prosecutors said investigators used the serial numbers on her breast implants to identify her.
It is believed Jenkins was checked into the motel in which he was found by a young woman. Sergeant Duncan Pound of the royal Canadian mounted police says investigators were alerted after police had responded to a call about a dead person at the Thunderbird Motel in Hope, east of Vancouver. 'Preliminary evidence suggests that he took his own life,' he said.
Jenkins body was found hours after he was reported to be in Canada by police there. His boat was found near the Canadian border.
'We continue to believe that Mr Jenkins was solely responsible' for the murder, said a spokeswoman for the Orange county district attorney's office in California, after his death was announced.
The couple met in Las Vegas in March, marrying a few weeks later. They separated soon afterwards, but had reportedly recently reconciled.
Court records revealed in June Jenkins had been charged in Nevada with a misdemeanour count of 'battery constituting domestic violence' for allegedly hitting his wife in the arm.
He had been due to stand trial in December. In January 2007, he was sentenced to 15 months probation on an unspecified assault charge in his home town, Calgary, reports say.
Ryan Jenkins, 32, was wanted in California on first degree murder charges after the body of his wife, former model Jasmine Fiore, 28, was found naked and dismembered in a suitcase.
Police were called to a motel east of Vancouver yesterday, where it is believed Jenkins took his own life. He disappeared after reporting his wife missing.
Jenkins, a real estate developer, had taken part in the Megan Wants a Millionaire show in the US, as an investment banker who was trying to 'win' a young woman on the show. The series was cancelled after he was suspected of murdering his wife.
Ms Fiore married Jenkins in March in Las Vegas. Her body was found in a suitcase in rubbish bin in Buena Park in Los Angeles on August 15th. Her teeth had been pulled out and her fingers cut off in what is believed to have been attempt to hinder her identification. Prosecutors said investigators used the serial numbers on her breast implants to identify her.
It is believed Jenkins was checked into the motel in which he was found by a young woman. Sergeant Duncan Pound of the royal Canadian mounted police says investigators were alerted after police had responded to a call about a dead person at the Thunderbird Motel in Hope, east of Vancouver. 'Preliminary evidence suggests that he took his own life,' he said.
Jenkins body was found hours after he was reported to be in Canada by police there. His boat was found near the Canadian border.
'We continue to believe that Mr Jenkins was solely responsible' for the murder, said a spokeswoman for the Orange county district attorney's office in California, after his death was announced.
The couple met in Las Vegas in March, marrying a few weeks later. They separated soon afterwards, but had reportedly recently reconciled.
Court records revealed in June Jenkins had been charged in Nevada with a misdemeanour count of 'battery constituting domestic violence' for allegedly hitting his wife in the arm.
He had been due to stand trial in December. In January 2007, he was sentenced to 15 months probation on an unspecified assault charge in his home town, Calgary, reports say.
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