Canadian investigators say hunted reality TV star is in Canada, urge him to surrender

Police urge fugitive reality TV star to surrender

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Canadian investigators said Sunday they had information that a fugitive reality TV star accused of murdering a former swimsuit model and mutilating her body was in Canada, and urged him to surrender peacefully.

“We are still pursuing a Canada-wide warrant for this arrest, and all tips across the country whether from Toronto, Montreal, Calgary or Vancouver will be investigated fully,” Sgt. Duncan Pound of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Sunday. He did not give details, and urged Ryan Alexander Jenkins to give himself up.

The 32-year-old real estate developer and investor from Calgary is suspected of strangling Jasmine Fiore and then reporting her missing the evening of Aug. 15 before fleeing. Fiore’s naked, mutilated body was found in a suitcase inside a trash bin in Buena Park, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles.

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

“We want to make an appeal directly to Ryan to say let’s ensure that nobody gets hurt — nobody around him, nobody in the public, no police and certainly not himself,” Pound said. “We’re really hoping that he will make the right choice and turn himself in because obviously this is not something that’s going to go away.”

Fiore’s 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, according to the Orange County district attorney’s office.

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.

Friends said Fiore was a model who worked mainly in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, doing gigs such as being bodypainted at parties. She also was an aspiring actress and 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.

He 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.