Murder Suspect Jenkins Found Dead

2009-08-26 17:37:37 (GMT) (WiredPRNews.com - Entertainment, News)

Wired PR News reports reality show contestant and murder suspect Ryan Jenkins has been found dead.

The VH1 reality show contestant suspected of killing his ex-wife has been found dead.

Press Release Service – Wired PR News – The reality show contestant suspected in the murder of his ex-wife, Ryan Jenkins, has been found dead of what authorities suggest was a suicide. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), Jenkins was found in a motel in Canada, and police are now investigating a woman accused of aiding him while he was hiding out in his native country.

As noted by the AP, Jenkins, who was a recent contestant on two VH1 reality programs, including “Megan Wants a Millionaire” was a suspect in the death of his ex-wife and former model Jasmine Fiore, whose body was found badly mutilated mid-August. Authorities searched for him in the United States and Canada.

Lisa Lepore, mother of Fiore, is quoted by the AP as stating on NBC’s “Today” of her mixed reactions to Jenkin’s death, “It brings some closure to what’s been going on… We don’t have to worry about looking for him anymore or being worried that he is a threat to any other women or men.”

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