VIDEO: Who’s The Mystery Blonde? Cops Search For Woman Who Helped Ryan Jenkins Check Into Motel
Aug. 24 2009, Published 5:01 a.m. ET
Who was the mystery woman with Ryan Alexander Jenkins when he checked into the Thunderbird Motel in Hope, British Columbia prior to his death, and where is she now?
That’s the big question Monday as authorities in both Canada and California search for answers into the case after Jenkins was found hanged Sunday evening in a room at the motel, less than four days after the Megan Wants a Millionaire contestant was charged in the brutal murder of his swimsuit model ex-wife, Jasmine Fiore. Police suspect Jenkins’ death was suicide.
Jasmine Fiore's mother speaks out news of Jenkins suicide.
The woman – described as blonde, attractive and in her twenties – checked into the motel for Jenkins who stayed in the Chrysler PT Cruiser with Alberta license plates that they were driving.
VIDEO: Jasmine Fiore's Mother, Ex React To Ryan Jenkins Death
The motel’s manager, Kevin Walker said the woman paid cash for three days. When Jenkins failed to check out at the specified time, Walker unlocked the room and discovered the body.
He was hanging by a belt from a coat rack.
Police were called, and his identity was confirmed via fingerprints.
On Monday, Good Morning America broadcast exclusive video of the motel and an interview with Walker.
"At this present time the investigation into the circumstances of his death is continuing," Sgt. Duncan Pound of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said. "But preliminary evidence suggests that he took his own life; any further details will not be released at this time, as this investigation remains in its infancy."
Meanwhile, at a news conference in Buena Park, California Sunday night, Police Lt. Steve Holliday said: "The sadness of this is all is that Mr. Jenkins will not stand before an Orange County jury for his crime."
The 32-year-old Jenkins was wanted on first-degree murder charges after his ex-wife's naked body was found stuffed in a suitcase in a dumpster in Buena Park, California on August 15. Her teeth and fingertips had been removed, apparently to make identification more difficult.
Investigators ended up using the serial number from her breast implants to make a positive ID.
Jenkins, an investment banker from Calgary, first met Fiore, 28, at a strip club in Las Vegas last March, where he was drowning his sorrows after being voted off the VH1 reality program Megan Wants a Millionaire. They wed 48 hours later, but later had the marriage annulled.
In a personal profile on the VH1 website, Jenkins boasted of being worth $2.5 million and said, “He has left many amazing women in his life primarily because he wanted more women.” He claimed to enjoy “moulding girls into princesses.”
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After Jenkins was named as a ‘person of interest’ in Fiore’s death, VH1 canceled Megan Wants A Millionaire.
