Ryan Alexander Jenkins, the reality television contestant that was wanted for the murder of his model wife Jasmine Fiore, was found dead in Hope, British Columbia, Canada on August 23, 2009.http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=8396125
Initial reports stated that Jenkins hanged himself in a hotel room. Jenkins was charged with the murder of Fiore on August 20, 2009, after her body was found mutilated and stuffed in a suitcase, then placed in a dumpster in California.http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=8396125
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Fast Facts
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32 (August 2009)
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Contestant on Megan Wants a Millionaire with Megan Hauserman and the unaired VH1 show I Love Money 3
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Investment banker originally from Canada
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Charged with the murder of his Playboy model wife Jasmine Fiore
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Fiore found dead in California on August 15, 2009
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Fiore's body found stuffed in a suitcase in a dumpster, with her fingertips and teeth forcibly removed
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Investigators believed Jenkins fled to Canada, where he was assisted by family members
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Reportedly hanged himself in a Hope, British Columbia, hotel
