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Hunt Intensifies for Model's Alleged Killer

By GILLIAN FLACCUS

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BUENA PARK, Calif. (Aug. 21) — Canadian authorities on Saturday intensified the manhunt for the millionaire reality TV star accused of murdering a former swimsuit model and stuffing her naked, mutilated body in a suitcase.

"We're leaving no stone unturned, but we have to play our cards close to our chest right now," said Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sgt. Duncan Pound.

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An 'Unspeakable' Crime

The naked body of former swimsuit model Jasmine Fiore was found Aug. 15 stuffed in a suitcase that had been dumped in a trash bin in Orange County, Calif. The 28-year-old had been strangled and her teeth and fingers removed, police said. Authorities were hunting for her ex-husband, a reality TV contestant who is charged with her murder.

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The search for Ryan Alexander Jenkins, a 32-year-old real estate developer and investor from Calgary, is centered around Vancouver and British Columbia, said Peter Van Loan, Canada's public safety minister.

The Mounted Police are leading the manhunt for Jenkins, who is suspected of strangling Jasmine Fiore and then reporting her missing the evening of Aug. 15 before fleeing.

Jenkins and Fiore met in Las Vegas in March and they married a few weeks later. The couple separated shortly afterward, but had reportedly recently reconciled.

Fiore's body was found in a trash bin in Buena Park, an Orange County city about 20 miles southeast of Los Angeles.

Her teeth had been pulled out and her fingers cut off, apparently to impede her identification. Investigators used the serial numbers on her breast implants to identify her, said Farrah Emami, spokeswoman for the Orange County district attorney's office.

Authorities believe Jenkins fled via car, boat and on foot to enter his native Canada.

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Both Jenkins and Fiore were involved in the outer circles of the entertainment business.

Fiore was a model who worked mainly in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, doing gigs such as being bodypainted at parties, said Andrea Guevara, a friend who worked with her about five years ago coaching "margarita wrestling" teams — young women tussling each other in swimming pools of green-colored water.

Fiore's looks meant she was often invited to parties, some hosted by celebrities, but she had more than a pretty face and alluring figure, Guevara told The Associated Press in an interview.

"She was very intelligent and well spoken," Guevara said. "She had a positive energy and was always working. She didn't need to have a boyfriend. She was very happy being herself."

Fiore was also an aspiring actress. She had a bit part in a small 2008 horror science-fiction movie, "The Abandoned," according to the Internet Movie Database.

Jenkins was recently a contestant on VH1 reality show "Megan Wants a Millionaire," in which wealthy young men tried to win over a materialistic blonde. The network canceled the show Friday.

Jenkins said on the show that he possessed assets of $1 million to $2.5 million, said Tom Hession, chief inspector for the U.S. Marshals Service's regional fugitive task force.

Jenkins also was a participant in an as-yet-unaired competitive reality series, "I Love Money 3." A VH1 spokesman said no decision has been made on whether or not to run the show.

Before launching his TV career, Jenkins' resume posted on the professional networking site LinkedIn.com showed he earned a license to fly commercial airplanes and dabbled in several development enterprises and investments since graduating from college in 1999.

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A Preventable Crime? Prosecutors asked that a judge lock up Isaiah M.K. Kalebu, who was out on bail pending trial for charges he threatened to kill his mother, after a suspicious fire at his aunt's house killed two people. Six days later, on July 19, authorities say Kalebu stabbed a 39-year-old woman to death. For that alleged crime, a judge set the bail at $10 million on July 25.

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Those include Townscape Development Inc., a condo project in Calgary with his father, prominent architect Daniel Jenkins.

Jenkins' mother Nada Jenkins lives in a tony Vancouver condo. A neighbor, Bob Snowdon, said he had not seen her in several days. She did not answer her phone on Saturday.

Jenkins and Fiore's relationship reportedly turned violent in June.

Court records show Jenkins was charged in Clark County, Nev., with a misdemeanor count of "battery constituting domestic violence" for allegedly hitting Fiore.

It was not the first time he had been charged with assault. In Calgary, Jenkins was sentenced to 15 months probation in January 2007 on an assault charge.

After returning this summer from taping "I Love Money 3" in Mexico, Jenkins succeeded in winning back Fiore, who was living in a penthouse apartment in a modern new building in central Los Angeles.

Prosecutors said Jenkins and Fiore checked into a San Diego hotel on Aug. 13, and Jenkins checked out the next morning.

Fiore was not seen alive again.

In Calgary, Jenkins' former fiancee Paulina Chmielecka said she was engaged to him for 2 1/2 years and never saw a violent side.

"The guy was a great guy, as far as I knew he was very happy," she told the Canadian TV network CTV. "In our relationship, we had our fights — everyone does — but I would never say, 'Well, he could have murdered someone.' There's no way."

The manhunt has claimed widespread attention in Canada where some media carried an erroneous report late Friday that Jenkins had been escorted off a plane arriving at Toronto from Vancouver.

Regional police spokesman Adam Minnion said Saturday that the man resembled Jenkins but was released after tests confirmed he wasn't the suspect.

But the mistaken identity led two newspapers to publish erroneous reports.

"Fugitive murder suspect arrested in Toronto: Jenkins caught," declared the front page of the Calgary Herald's online edition.

A headline on the online front page of the Vancouver Province announced "Jenkins arrested in Toronto."

Both papers yanked the stories after police said the man who'd been questioned was not Jenkins.

Gillies reported from Toronto. Associated Press Writers Jeremy Hainsworth in Vancouver and Christina Hoag, Raquel Maria Dillon, Derrik J. Lang and Robert Jablon in Los Angeles also contributed to this report.

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Fergies mom 2

01:28 PMAug 23 2009

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LKamer56

01:26 PMAug 23 2009

He's probably not in Canada...he probably had a friend lead the polioce on a wild goose chasee to Canada while he went to Mexico and from there to Brazil or somewhere else he could hideout and get plastic surgery

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JDonoh4

01:19 PMAug 23 2009

He had it made and threw his life away! You can hide out in the woods like Rambo for only so long!

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01:13 PMAug 23 2009

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MrMorn2

01:12 PMAug 23 2009

Your dealt the hand you have!! Porno star get's married to a millionaire wacko!! And he wack's her!!!

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asalesguy

01:09 PMAug 23 2009

We need to build a monument in this guy's name. He successfully eliminated a princess. The Lord knows that the U.S. has too many Princesses in it.

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L8D8Agin

01:09 PMAug 23 2009

He's definitely a sicko. Bet "Megan" is glad she didn't end up with him. He would have been harder on her than Sharon Osborne was. Hope they find the scumbag quickly.

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DJPAustin

01:08 PMAug 23 2009

asalesguy 01:03 PMAug 23 2009 And maybe the Canadian ought to be given a parade; 5th Ave., NYC, NY.Women don't love; don't want to love and don't want to accept love. Their ambition is to marry wealth, to bear a couple of children, then divorce the poor sloth that fell in love with her, taking as much of his wealth as she can.............. Why, my name is Patty and I'm a princess ! Princess' dont work! Princess' move in to a castle owned by what's his name. And when Princess' grow weary of what's his name, we have 'em thrown out of the house; get half his savings; income. At that point, us Princess' send our what's his name's a letter............. '-I love you, but I'm not in love with you. I'm a butterfly; I'm a Princess. Surrender your house key to me, or the next time I see you I'll have you arrested for stalking me... Great !!!!! Now we have one less.......I hope your daughter doesn't end up murdered as this daughter did. I won't shed a tear. you pathetic piece of s..t

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Vinster678

01:06 PMAug 23 2009

they should just got marraige counseling

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01:05 PMAug 23 2009

Why are so many of you putting so much importance on the way she looked?? It is a known FACT that MOST women who are murdered, are murdered by a BOYFRIEND or HUSBAND!!!! It doesn't matter wheather they're pretty or ugly!!! this poor woman, was nothing more than another STATISTIC!!! The only reason it's getting so much media attention, is because they were both well known for whatever reasons!! This kind of crap goes on, ALL over the world on a daily basis!!! This is not about looks or money!! It's about just another pissed off creep that wanted SOMETHING out of her, and did'nt get it!! He either got a NO, or he got an ARGUMENT!! And that's ALL it takes, to trip a SICKO"S trigger!! The rest, is history!!

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