Hunted reality TV contestant found dead in Canada

[indimuse]

Source: Associated Press

(edited for copyright purposes-proud patriot Moderator Democratic Underground)

By JEREMY HAINSWORTH and ROB GILLIES, Associated Press Writers Jeremy Hainsworth And Rob Gillies, Associated Press Writers – 24 mins ago
HOPE, British Columbia – Reality show contestant Ryan Jenkins' life ended in a way that could have been scripted for TV: as police investigated the murder suspect's suicide at a secluded Canadian motel, word came Monday that a mysterious young woman had checked him in there.

Accused of the gruesome death of his ex-wife, a model whose body was so badly mutilated it had to be identified by her breast implants' serial numbers, Jenkins evaded a massive international manhunt for days as he crossed from California into his native Canada.

The dramatic end came at an isolated motel at the edge of British Columbia's mountainous interior, on the outskirts of Hope, a town known for its giant wooden carvings made with chainsaws and as the site of the first bloody Rambo movie.

On Sunday evening, police responded to a call from motel staff about a dead person, and then called investigators who were part of the manhunt for Jenkins, said Sgt. Duncan Pound of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police border integrity unit.

The manager of The Thunderbird Motel and his nephew said they found Jenkins hanging from the bar of a coat rack by a belt. They said a young woman had checked him in to the two-story inn surrounded by trees.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090824/ap_on_re_ca/cn_canada_reality_contestant_slaying

[Demeter]

1. Identified By....

So very Californian, this whole story.

And by the way, California is probably RELIEVED not to have to go through an expensive show trial for such a crime.

[whathehell]

12. Actually, I thought it was more Male Control Freak..

Along with all the other "man kills woman who rejected him" stories which appear with depressing regularity, it more than begs the old "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" bit.

It makes it, in fact, a sick joke.

Kudos to the men here (and elsewhere) who speak OUT LOUD against the unabated violence against women.

[iverglas]

51. yuppers

Various varieties of narcissists.

The ones who are good at their game, the ones who manage to get what they believe they are entitled to, can't take the rejection of them / their control, so they kill the women they can't control.

The failed ones, the ones can't get anybody to control in the first place or succeed at anything else they think they're entitled to, can't take the failure, so they kill the women they can't get (fitness club murderer George Sodini) and/or blame (Montreal Polytechnique murderer Marc Lépine).

They don't "snap", they aren't depressed, they don't have terrible personal problems.

They're assholes.

[excess_3]

2. welcome news. nt

[babylonsister]

3. Good. Kind of too bad, but good. nt

[City Lights]

4. Too bad he didn't take this step first. nt

[WriteDown]

5. This guy was 32 and a real estate developer?

Anyone know any history on this guy?

[wroberts189]

11. His father was an architect ..probably rich and provided seed money. nt

[rocktivity]

13. A Canadian Donald Trump?

Pretending to be a self-made, pulled-on-his-own-bootstraps type when he actually built upon his family's wealth?

:headbang:
rocktivity

[WriteDown]

15. Could be...

I would like to know more info.

[indimuse]

6. The whole thing is just so

creeepy.

[rocktivity]

14. Tragi-comic, like Monk or Fargo

The body was identified by the serial numbers on her breast implants after he'd gone through all the trouble of pulling her teeth and amputating her fingers. How ironic can you get?

:shrug:
rocktivity

[ellie]

23. He pulled

all of her teeth and chopped off her fingers? Ugh.

[rocktivity]

50. No dental records or fingerprints, no ID

Or so he thought. If he married her FOR her breast implants, she sure got her money's worth.

Here's another example that I saw on TV just the other day. The smarty-pants perp got his nephew to take out two car rentals and two one-way plane tickets (all paid in cash) and then claimed he couldn't be the murderer of his ex-business partners because he was hundreds of miles away (complete with surveillance camera of footage of his entering his hotel). But he made one teeny weeny mistake--he left a fingerprint on the ticket he submitted to get his rental car out of the parking garage!

If murders weren't involved, these stories would actually be funny.

:headbang:
rocktivity

[mwb970]

7. Just look at this guy!

I'm not a psychic or anything, but one look at this picture tells me that this guy is/was a selfish jerk who would abuse anyone who crossed him. I would never have anything to do with anyone who projected as much sleaze as this guy.

Would women actually be attracted to someone who looks as obviously malevolent and dishonest as this guy does? Meanwhile, "nerds" can't get dates.

:shrug:

[Rebubula]

10. And...

...in other pictures he looks like any normal guy that I would like to hang around with.

I know what you are saying...but seriously, judging a book by one picture??

[indimuse]

18. I wouldn't!

BUT.there a lot of young naive *good-girls* who LOVE *bad-boys*...

[Uben]

8. Another coward scumbag

That piece of shit deserved to be tortured to death for what he did to that girl. Don't men who hit and abuse women know they are the lowest of the low? They should feed his body to alligators and put a billboard up in his home town showing the world how big of a coward and murderer he was. In fact, every man who hits a woman should be ridiculed by having their image placed on a billboard labelling them as a coward and woman-beater. It's not slander if it's the truth!

[comtec]

16. Tell us how really feel, don't hold back

and I agree btw.
on the 'up' side... he was literally out of hope when he died.
and he will bother the gene pool no further.

[zbdent]

9. When I saw the picture and this headline on AOL's front page

I thought at first it was Jon of Jon and Kate Plus Eight Minus a Few People Ironically From Some "Family Values Crowd" ...

[newfie11]

17. It will be interesting to see the autopsy report

Kind of hard to hang yourself when your feet are on the floor unless you are unconscious. Maybe the wholesome little lady was out to even the score.

[WriteDown]

19. Let the conspiracy theories begin!

I heard he was framed. :)

[newfie11]

21. Well how do you hang yourself when you are standing on the floor?

Unless he drugged himself and went unconscious. Inquiring minds???

[Swede]

22. People have hung themselves while lying on the floor.

It happens in jails,they tie a towel or some clothes to the bedframe,and lay on the floor and just let the body weight strangle themselves.

[BridgeTheGap]

20. "as he crossed from California into his native Canada." Lack of basic geography knowledge? -or-

has California annexed Oregon and Washington?

[chemenger]

24. Ryan Jenkins (Jasmine Fiore's husband) found dead in motel room

Source: MSNBC

Just breaking.

On edit:

Associated Press
updated 11 minutes ago
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, authorities said.

The real estate developer and investor was wanted in California on first-degree murder charges after the mutilated body of his ex-wife was found in a trash bin in Buena Park, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles.



No link yet.

[imdjh]

25. who? who?

[Richardo]

26. I don't know either one of those names

Who are they?

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

28. Douchebag and a Bratz doll - both deceased

[debbierlus]

42. Bratz doll - that is uncalled for...the poor girl was murdered

[proud2BlibKansan]

34. She was a model and he was on a reality show and he killed her

And they used to be married.

Sorry that's all I know.

[merh]

27. here is a link

The Vancouver Sun is reporting that Jenkins apparently committed suicide according to Sgt. Duncan Pound of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. TMZ reports that Jenkins was found hanging and was identified through fingerprints.

“The hotel staff had gone in to check on him… it would be speculation to say how long he had been in there,” said Pound.

http://www.examiner.com/x-1168-Crime-Examiner~y2009m8d23-Alleged-killer-of-Jasmine-Fiore-Ryan-Jenkins-found-dead-in-motel-room

[saigon68]

48. hanging and was identified through fingerprints

[rocktivity]

52. You mean he didn't get rid of his OWN fingers and teeth?

:evilgrin:
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[Canuckistanian]

29. Fugitive Jenkins found dead in B.C. motel

Source: CBC


Fugitive reality-TV contestant Ryan Jenkins, who was wanted on murder charges in the United States, apparently hanged himself in a Hope, B.C., motel.

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.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/08/23/bc-fugitivejenkins.html

[Archae]

30. Fucking cowardly son of a bitch.

:grr:

[quakerboy]

40. Saved the world the price of a cell

[MadMaddie]

43. And the price of a trial!

Typical coward!

[liquid diamond]

49. At least we don't have to pay to feed him.

[petronius]

31. Somehow, I think the world will get along just fine without him...

[Critters2]

32. I know I'll sleep just fine tonight. nt

[miyazaki]

33. Found in the town where 'First Blood' was filmed.

Maybe he was planning to go all 'Rambo'.

[katanalori]

35. now what will Nancy Grace have to talk about?

[ruggerson]

38. trust me she'll come up with something

the woman will still be talking long after she's dead.

[corpseratemedia]

39. that's two people convicted by nancy grace who've offed themselves

before they are even indicted.

They may have been guilty, but good ol' nasty loudmouth Nance makes sure they would have never got a fair trial.

melissa Duckett: http://www.talkleft.com/story/2006/09/13/487/92825

[Dappleganger]

36. Coward.

[msanthrope]

37. Public Service Suicide. n/t

[carlyhippy]

41. He was a finalist on the VH1 show "Megan wants a millionaire"

Megan was a contestant on the Bret Michel's "rock of love" reality show, she got a spinoff...she prances around in bikini's and small clothing. Anyway, this guy claimed to be a millionaire and was one of 17 contestants vying for Megan's attention. The show has since been cancelled. I watched Megan wants a millionaire just once and I just cannot remember this guy at all.

[thelordofhell]

44. It gets worse

He was also in another show in that VH1 cavalcade of crap called "I Love Money 3". VH1 was mulling about not showing it because of this. I bet BIG money those ghouls will show it now.

[Ecumenist]

45. I knew it. This is EXACTLY what I expected.

It's a pattern with these types.

[LisaL]

46. What types?

Is there a type? Scott Peterson is alive and well, albeit convicted and on death row.

[proteus_lives]

47. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

[alcibiades_mystery]

53. "as he crossed from California into his native Canada"

Good geography writin', Associated Press!

Last I recalled, California doesn't have a border with Canada.

[damntexdem]

54. Aha! See the dangers of single-payer systems!

;-)

Let's just see how long it takes for some teabagger to make the argument.