Ryan Jenkins VH1's Chris Benoit.

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The news about the murder of swimsuit model Jasmine Fiore is more and more horrifying.

She'd been beaten, strangulated and crushed, according to CBS News, which also reports that her teeth and fingers had been removed before she was stuffed into a suitcase and left in a dumpster.



Ryan Jenkins is now considered a suspect in her murder. And there's an international manhunt going on for the man who may be armed with a handgun.



Fiore, a former swimsuit model, and Jenkins were married in a quickie Las Vegas wedding on March 18. But they had been fighting in recent months. He was reportedly jealous of her past boyfriends, according to her mother, who told CBS that her daughter had had their marriage annulled.




Prosecutors said the two checked into a San Diego hotel last Thursday, and Jenkins checked out the next morning. Fiore was not seen alive again.



“He convinced her … that he was really the guy for her,” Lepore said. “He wrote poems and stories, and prayed, and [claimed he] had this huge spiritual awakening.”


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Manhunt is on for Ryan Jenkins, on the run to Canada!

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How did model's accused killer get on TV show?
The company says it didn't know of Ryan Alexander Jenkins' domestic violence case in Canada because of a Canadian court clerk's error.

Jasmine Fiore and Ryan Alexander Jenkins at their wedding in Las Vegas. (TMZ / March 18, 2009)


By Ari B. Bloomekatz

August 22, 2009
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Two years ago, Calgary real estate executive Ryan Alexander Jenkins was sentenced to 15 months' probation and ordered to complete domestic violence counseling after hitting his then-girlfriend.

But Jenkins came to Los Angeles and was selected as a contestant on the VH1 reality show "Megan Wants a Millionaire," on which wealthy men compete for the love of a young woman. Now Jenkins is wanted in the slaying of his ex-wife, model Jasmine Fiore, and "Megan Wants a Millionaire" has been abruptly pulled off the air by VH1.

The case raises questions about how a man with a record of domestic violence got onto a show on which the object is to marry a woman.

"Obviously, it's a huge screw-up here," said Jon Taplin, a professor at USC's Annenberg School for Communication who teaches digital entertainment. "Part of the problem is there's such a huge machine needing people to go on TV. . . . But the problem is: If you need so many contestants, you're probably not going to do the best job of screening them."
A spokesman for VH1 said that the network did not know about "any issues regarding any of the contestants on this show" and that it was standard practice in the industry for the company that produced the show to be "responsible for the screening/vetting process of contestant." VH1 licensed the show from Los Angeles-based 51 Minds Entertainment.

According to a statement released by a spokesman for 51 Minds, the company was not aware of Jenkins' record when it cast him.

"Obviously, if the company had been given a full picture of his background, he would never have been allowed on the show," said the statement, provided earlier this week by Allan Mayer of the public relations firm 42 West. Mayer released another statement Friday saying Jenkins' criminal record slipped through the cracks because of "an error by a Canadian court clerk."

"To conduct background checks on potential cast members for 'Megan Wants a Millionaire' 51 Minds Entertainment hired a well-respected investigative firm called Collective Intelligence, which has done similar work for more than 90 production companies involving hundreds of TV shows on virtually every major network," the statement read. "According to Collective Intelligence, Ryan Jenkins' criminal record in Canada escaped notice not because of any lapse on their part but as a result of an error by a Canadian court clerk."

After production of "Megan Wants a Millionaire" ended, Jenkins was selected as a contestant for the third season of a second VH1 reality show, "I Love Money." In June, he was charged with hitting Fiore at a Las Vegas hotel.

According to a law enforcement source familiar with the case, what began as a verbal altercation in the hotel's swimming pool area escalated into violence. Jenkins has a court date Dec. 18. It remains unclear whether VH1 knew about that charge.

Jenkins' case is not the first time that such details have been revealed about a reality TV contestant after filming. One of the most notorious examples occurred in 2000 with Fox's "Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire," on which women competed to marry a man named Rick Rockwell. It was revealed that a former girlfriend obtained a restraining order against him in 1991.

Fiore's body was found Aug. 15 stuffed in a suitcase in a Buena Park trash bin. Authorities said her teeth had been pulled out and her fingers cut off. Coroner's officials identified her using a serial number on a breast implant, according to the Orange County district attorney's office.

Authorities believe Jenkins is on the run in British Columbia but have not confirmed his presence there.

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VH1 President Tom Calderone. ( VH1)Megan Wants a Millionaire and I Love Money 3 have been canceled by VH1 in the aftermath of Ryan Jenkins apparently killing himself when he became the lead suspect in the murder of his ex-wife. The Viacom-owned cable network, whose top five shows all have the word "love" in the title, is rethinking its dependence on relationship shows. The network says that the decision had already been made but the events leading up to the Jenkins’ death sped up the process.

"This is not what I signed up for," VH1 President Tom Calderone told the Los Angeles Times in his first interview since Jenkins' body was discovered in a British Columbia motel room. Calderone added that VH1 was "trying to get together" with 51 Minds to figure out where the vetting system went wrong and "fix this problem and never ever let this happen again."

If they were going to make the changes anyway, why bring the Jenkins suicide into the mix? Why take blame for something that you have no control over? Yes, it’s terrible about what Jenkins did but VH1 and 51 minds had no control over what happened and no reason to believe that he could be violent.

The background search was done by Collective Intelligence, which has done work for more than 90 production companies involving hundreds of TV shows. "Obviously, if the company had been given a full picture of his background, he would never have been allowed on the show," said the statement from Allan Mayer of the public relations firm 42 West. Mayer released another statement later saying Jenkins' criminal record slipped through the cracks because of "an error by a Canadian court clerk."


Jasmine Fiore & Ryan Jenkins (TMZ )What did they miss? Two years ago, Ryan Alexander Jenkins was sentenced to 15 months' probation and ordered to complete domestic violence counseling after hitting his then-girlfriend. After production of "Megan Wants a Millionaire" ended, Jenkins was selected as a contestant for the third season of a second VH1 reality show, "I Love Money." In June, he was charged with hitting Fiore at a Las Vegas hotel.

It appears according to witnesses what began as an argument in the hotel's swimming pool area turned violent. Jenkins has a court date Dec. 18. But once his background had been cleared there was no reason to reinvestigate. It remains unclear whether VH1 knew about that charge.

There is a big difference between not accepting responsibility for actions and taking the blame for actions beyond you control.

Who is responsible for this tragic story other than Ryan Jenkins?

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www.tmz.com/2009/08/23/ryan-jenkins-dead/

Ryan Jenkins Dead -- Hangs Himself
Posted Aug 23rd 2009 8:00PM by TMZ Staff

UPDATE: TMZ spoke with the manager of the motel and one of the residents. They say Jenkins checked in on Friday. He was dropped off by a woman in her early 20s who drove a silver PT Cruiser with Alberta license plates. She stayed for about 20 minutes and wasn't seen again. The room was paid for two days. When Jenkins didn't check it out today, the manager and his nephew went to check on him. When there was no answer, they entered the room and found Jenkins hanging by his belt from a coat rack. He was wearing a t-shirt and jeans. There was a laptop open on a desk inside the room.

UPDATE: Lt. Steve Holliday of Buena Park PD addressed the press, saying, "The sadness of this is all is that Mr. Jenkins will not stand before an Orange County jury for his crime."

UPDATE: His body was discovered at about 5:00 PM PT.

UPDATE: Jenkins was apparently ID'ed through fingerprints.

UPDATE: RCMP Sgt. Duncan Pound: "At this present time the investigation into the circumstances of his death is continuing, but preliminary evidence suggests that he took his own life. Any further details will not be released at this time as this investigation remains in its infancy."

Ryan Jenkins has been found dead in Canada, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

He was found dead at the Thunderbird Motel in Hope, B.C. of an apparent suicide, according to RCMP Sgt. Duncan Pound.

Jenkins' body was discovered by motel staff. According to law enforcement sources, he was found hanging.

Jenkins was charged on August 20 in the murder of his wife, Jasmine Fiore.

Fiore's mutilated body was found in a suitcase inside of a dumpster in Buena Park, Calif. on August 15.

Story developing ...



UPDATE 11:00 PM PT -- The Buena Park PD held a press conference earlier this evening (below middle). The Royal Canadian Mounted Police also did a press conference earlier today (below right



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So basically he was a reality show star on vh1 got far on megan wants a millionaire but lost. He was then contracted to do another show called I love money for 250,000 dollars. And he won. Now either in between or after the taping of those two shows he killed his girlfriend, beat her choked her out cut off her fingers and pulled out all of her teeth. He then put her in a briefcase and threw her out in a dumpster she was later found, he was on the run, went to canada where he offed himself. Now VH1 is cancelling both of those shows because what company wants to show a dead millionaire murderer WIN 250,000 dollars. He fucked over I love money for me. They might show the fourth season instead cause luckily for them they did two i love moneys back to back.

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The guy was a sick bastard. I'm glad he killed himself.