Friday August 21, 2009, 10:32 am
Fri Aug 21, 7:56 AM


As gruesome details of the crime emerged, Calgarian Ryan Jenkins, believed to have fled to Canada following the strangulation death of his swimsuit model ex-wife in southern California, has been charged with murder.


Police in Buena Park, Calif., where the naked body of 28-year-old Jasmine Fiore was found last Saturday stuffed into a suitcase and tossed into a dumpster, have charged the fugitive Calgary real estate investor.


Buena Park Police Lt. Steve Holliday said Fiore's body was found mutilated. "The fingers and teeth were removed," he said as Fiore's mother and two other family members, who were present, wept.


Bail has been set at US$10 million for Jenkins, who police warn may be armed with a handgun and should be considered dangerous.


The charge came hours after a man fitting reality TV show contestant Jenkins' description was seen arriving in a boat at Point Roberts, Wash., from where he's believed to have crossed into Canada on foot.


Police in Blaine, Wash., said they found Jenkins' BMW SUV and an empty boat trailer at a marina there.


The suspect's father, Dan, was reportedly flying back to Canada from Mexico and was hiring a lawyer for his son. "I have no comment -- I'm on a plane right now," Dan Jenkins, a prominent Calgary architect, told the Sun.


At the press conference, Fiore's ex-boyfriend, Robert Hasman, called Jenkins "an animal." He described Fiore as a "beautiful, very caring individual."


Police in Delta, B.C., have joined with their U.S. counterparts in using canine units and a helicopter in the hunt for Jenkins, said Const. Sharlene Brooks.


"We haven't been able to confirm he has entered Canada but if he has, he's entered illegally," she said.


After Jenkins was booted off the reality show Megan Wants a Millionaire, he married Fiore in Las Vegas after a two-day courtship last March but her mother said the relationship quickly hit the rocks.


News reports say the suspect last Friday intercepted a text message Fiore had sent to Hasman, asking to spend some time with him.


Jenkins was handed a conditional discharge for assaulting his then-Calgary girlfriend in 2005.


BILL.KAUFMANN@SUNMEDIA.CA

Friday August 21, 2009, 10:33 am
Thank you dear Rosemary.

Friday August 21, 2009, 11:40 pm
The hunt for this monster is over. He was arrested at the Toronto Canada Airport today.
Now the trial can start. I hope he spends the remaining years of his life behind bars.

Saturday August 22, 2009, 2:49 am
Search for California fugitive Ryan Jenkins continues wrong man was arrested at Toronto airport.
The international manhunt for Ryan Jenkins, the Calgary man wanted in the killing of his swimsuit model ex-wife Jasmine Fiore, continues Saturday as police...
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Search+California+fugitive+Ryan+Jenkins+continues/1918437/story.html
I'm very sorry for my earlier post turning out to be false. I hope he is arrested soon.

Sunday August 23, 2009, 7:15 am
This proves that 'anyone' can get on TV and be a celebrity...

Sad.

Sunday August 23, 2009, 7:46 am
OHHHHHH, This caught my eye and went on site to read this...then looking at the comments found out from Janice that - that guys was finally caught, opps, not the right man was caught the wrong man was caught.

Today is Sunday at 7:45a.m. hope is caught or they have his trail...put some bloodhounds out on him, that guys looks truly evil and scary.

Thanks Rosemary, and for the photo, will be checking my morning paper to see if I can find out anything...

Sunday August 23, 2009, 7:54 pm
Found him this morning - committed suicide in a motel about five minues from hwere I am in Hope, British Columbia

Monday August 24, 2009, 7:53 am
Yes heard that he had committed suicide, hope that he made right with himself and God before he did... Obviously the guilt just got too much, and this was the result... Awful

Monday August 24, 2009, 7:55 am
Glad he committed suicide, at least the courts and the families don't have to deal with him now. Thanks guys for the update....You're the best!!!

Monday August 24, 2009, 9:45 am
thank You Vikas, at least We do not have to worry about this one anymore!

Monday August 24, 2009, 9:49 am
thank You Rosemary!!

Thursday August 27, 2009, 7:58 am
Well now that the man id dead, I'm not too sure if there is going to be any justice for Jasmin's Family. Such a sad situation.Noted. Thanks. I'm a lil behind at care2.