"Megan Wants a Millionaire" reality show contestant Ryan Jenkins has been the subject of a massive manhunt this past week, wanted for the murder of his wife, model Jasmine Fiore. The search quickly moved to Jenkins' native Canada, where he was suspected to have fled after his boat was found near the border. On Sunday, police received a call from The Thunderbird Motel, located in the isolated town of Hope, regarding a dead person found in one of the rooms. Jenkins' body was found hanging from a coat rack by a belt in an apparent suicide.
The manager claimed that a young woman had checked herself and Jenkins into the motel, paying cash for a three-night stay. He didn't recognize Jenkins' face, and so did not become suspicious of the couple until neither of them checked out of the motel. When the manager and his son went to investigate, they found Jenkins dead, and the woman nowhere to be found. Police are planning to continue the investigation of Fiore's death, as well as starting an investigation of the death of Jenkins.
In a press conference held Sunday, Police Lt. Steve Holiday expressed his sentiments that "the sadness of this all is that Mr. Jenkins will not stand before an Orange County jury for his crime."
