Former Calgarian sought in California model's death
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 | 5:31 AM MT
CBC News
Ryan Jenkins, top, reported Jasmine Fiore, bottom, missing on Saturday evening, police investigators said. (Buena Park Police Deptartment) Police in California are looking for a former Calgary realtor after the body of a model he reportedly married was found in a suitcase left in a Dumpster.
The naked body of Jasmine Fiore, 28, was discovered on Saturday morning behind an apartment complex in Buena Park, a city southeast of Los Angeles. She appeared to have been strangled, police said.
Lieut. Gary Worrall of the Buena Park Police Department said Ryan Jenkins, 32, is being sought as a "person of interest" in the case.
Jenkins reported Fiore missing to police on Saturday evening, Worrall told CBC News.
"He did report his significant other as missing and when we attempted to re-contact him to conduct further investigation, we've not been able to contact him. We find that suspicious," Worrall said. "At this point, he's merely a person of interest that we'd like to speak to."
Worrall said the couple were last seen together in San Diego the night before Fiore's body was found.
Police are looking for a Mercedes CLS550 that Jenkins may be driving.
Jenkins was a contestant on a reality TV show airing on VH1 called Megan Wants a Millionaire. Seventeen wealthy men, each with a net worth of more than $1 million, compete for the affection of model Megan Hauserman on the show.
On Tuesday, celebrity gossip site TMZ quoted Hauserman as saying Jenkins and Fiore got married two days after they met at a strip club in Las Vegas.
Jenkins listed Calgary as his hometown and investment banker as his occupation on the show's website.
"Says he has left many amazing women in his life primarily because he wanted more women," reads Jenkins' online biography.
A website for a Calgary company called Skyhomes listed Jenkins as the CEO and real estate associate.
According to an online resume, Jenkins graduated from Calgary's Mount Royal College in 1999 and proceeded to work in the city for Townscape Developments from 2000 to 2008.
His last job was listed as an investment sales associate for Concrete Equities, in Calgary.
