Jasmine Fiore Death: Reality Show Contestant Ryan Jenkins Sought for Questioning

Hollywood is known for its movies and its scandals and its high-profile deaths, and the recent killing of swimsuit model Jasmine Fiore is no different from many of the scripts churned out by the various production companies during any given filming session. In fact, Jasmine Fiore's story is better than most -- it is true. And as the internet burns with the curious searching for Jasmine Fiore's pictures -- she was a swimsuit model, after all -- the plot of her story continues to unfold, police still searching for clues to her death, authorities still looking for her killer, everybody on the lookout for her rich reality show contestant boyfriend/husband, Ryan Alexander Jenkins, who disappeared shortly after contacting the police on Saturday and reporting the swimsuit model missing.

Beauty. Ambition. Death. Mystery. Money. Hollywood. The Jasmine Fiore story, which is being played out now in the media has all the elements of a James Ellroy novel or a blockbuster murder-mystery movie or an episode of "Law & Order" or "CSI."

At present, everybody -- detectives, reporters, lawyers, friends and family -- is searching for details. Little things. Big things. Anything that might help place everything else in proper perspective. Clues that make up the puzzle that was Jasmine Fiore's life before she was killed.

According to the Los Angeles Times, she had just moved to Los Angeles from Las Vegas and was intent on opening a personal training business. She had just attained a real estate license. Previously, she had been a swimsuit model and had been involved in a Playboy project (but had not posed for the magazine or website, her mother was quick to note). She had done some modeling for Howard Stern and some commercial work for some Las Vegas hotels.

And she had met Ryan Alexander Jenkins after he had finished filming "Megan Wants A Millionaire," a reality show currently airing on VH1. The premise of the show is for millionaire bachelors to woo and gain a "trophy wife." Megan Hauserman was (is) the trophy wife prize. Jenkins was still a finalist after last week's episode, but it is rumored that he did not win the competition.

It was afterward, after he was cut from the show, that Ryan Alexander Jenkins went to Las Vegas. He met Jasmine Fiore, who was working as a dancer on the Strip. They were married two days later (although Lisa Lapore does not believe that an official marriage took place).

Filming for "Megan Wants A Millionaire" began in February. Fiore and Jenkins had known each other for five months or less when she went missing.

And she was killed... strangled. Folded up and stuffed naked into a suitcase. Deposited in a dumpster in Buena Park, California.

Ryan Alexander Jenkins, a millionaire real estate developer (his profile on "Megan Wants A Millionaire" stated he was an investment banker) from Canada, has been in contact with his lawyer. Disappearing sometime after he reported Jasmine Fiore missing, he is wanted for questioning and has been labeled a "person of interest" in the investigation into her death. A publicist told TMZ, "Ryan is currently speaking to his attorney and will fully cooperate with the police in this matter. He is planning on meeting with them in the near future."

One might ask: Why in the future? Why not as soon as possible? Is there something that Ryan Alexander Jenkins might be attempting to hide? The details have not been looking to align favorably for Ryan Jenkins, so perhaps he is simply being careful.

Lisa Lapore, Fiore's mother, last saw her daughter on Thursday (which corrects stories that stated that she was last seen on Friday) evening around 8:30. She said that Jasmine had packed her suitcase to the point of bursting. She was headed to a poker party in San Diego with Ryan Alexander Jenkins. Police believe the suitcase the swimsuit model was found in was that same suitcase.

Jasmine Fiore's naked body was found inside a suitcase in a dumpster outside some apartments in Buena Park the next morning around 7:00 a.m. by a man searching for bottles and cans. Ryan Alexander Jenkins called 911 later that evening to report his girlfriend/wife missing. And then he disappeared.

Lisa Lapore told the Los Angeles Times, "They had issues, but I didn't hear anything extreme. I'm worried they had a major blowout. Jasmine is pretty feisty and doesn't back down easily."

Lisa Lapore said that Ryan Jenkins was currently filming another reality show.

A reality show where situations are as contrived as the people that make up the cast. A swimsuit model in career transition. A whirlwind Las Vegas marriage that might not be genuine. A disappearance that ends in death. A disappearance that ends in negotiation. All shrouded in mystery, a fast-moving storyline that throws out more questions than it answers.

Elmore Leonard? James Ellroy?

Hardly. It's just your normal, everyday drama. It's Hollywood...

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Sources:

LATimes.com
TMZ.com