UPDATE# 9 - He's Dead. Calgary fugitive arrested in model's slaying: report

[Daisy and Delilah]

Oh No!!! I hope they find the right one.

[Grace]

Hopefully this account is correct - from Yahoo

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – A reality show contestant wanted for murder in the gruesome death and mutilation of his ex-wife was found dead Sunday of an apparent suicide after hanging himself in a secluded Canadian motel, police said.

Sgt. Duncan Pound of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police border integrity unit says police responded to a call about a dead person in Hope, east of Vancouver, and then called investigators who were part of the massive manhunt for Jenkins.

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[Catty1]

Oh jeez...I bet that IS him. I thought he might have done himself in.


Jasmine and her family - and Ryan's family - innocents. Many prayers - this is tragic for them all.

[Catty1]

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/sto...vejenkins.html

Fugitive Jenkins found dead in B.C. motel
Warning: Story contains disturbing details
Last Updated: Sunday, August 23, 2009 | 8:51 PM MT
CBC News

Ryan Jenkins, seen in photos provided by police and from a reality-TV show website, was the subject of an international manhunt before his body was found Sunday.

The Calgary native was accused in the death of his ex-wife, swimsuit model Jasmine Fiore, whose mutilated body was found in a Los Angeles dumpster on Aug. 15.

RCMP responded to a call Sunday afternoon about a dead person in Hope, 150 kilometres east of Vancouver, and then called investigators who were part of the massive manhunt for Jenkins, said Sgt. Duncan Pound of the RCMP's border integrity unit.

Crime scene investigators identified Jenkins through fingerprints.

They don't yet know how long the 32-year-old real estate developer was at the motel before his body was discovered, Pound said. The Coroners Service of B.C. is investigating.

Police wouldn't disclose a cause of death but Farrah Emami of the Orange County District Attorney's Office in California, which is in contact with Canadian police, said Jenkins had apparently hanged himself at the Thunderbird Motel in Hope.

Jenkins disappeared last week, and his boat was found Wednesday at a marina not far from the U.S.-Canada border south of Vancouver.

Police received a number of reported sightings of Jenkins that proved false. One man was taken off an Air Canada flight to Toronto from Vancouver on Friday night and another was questioned aboard a Vancouver transit bus on the weekend.

Fiore's body was found stuffed in a trash bin in a park southeast of Los Angeles. Her teeth and fingers had been removed, making identification difficult.

The former bikini model was identified through serial numbers on her breast implants. She was badly beaten and preliminary reports indicate she had been strangled.

The U.S. Marshals Service was offering a $25,000-US reward for information leading to Jenkins's capture. Earlier Sunday, RCMP confirmed he was in Canada, as suspected.
With files from The Canadian Press

[blue]

Hopefully he gets an unmarked grave.

[Daisy and Delilah]

I heard this on the news this morning. He was a very sick person.

[lvpets2002]

Its all very Disturbing.. Yes I heard the guy had a lot of problems & anger built up.. He should have killed his-self first before taking another person's life.. I am sure that woman wanted to live..