RCMP Say Murder Suspect Ryan Jenkins Found Dead In BC Motel, Apparent Suicide

VANCOUVER, B.C. – RCMP say fugitive murder suspect Ryan Jenkins has been found dead of an apparent suicide in a motel in Hope, B.C., about 90 minutes drive east of Vancouver.

Sgt. Duncan Pound of the Mounties’ border integrity unit says the local RCMP detachment responded to a public call about a deceased person, and then called investigators who were part of the massive manhunt for Jenkins.

The former Calgary real estate developer and reality show contestant was wanted in California on first-degree murder charges after the mutilated body of his ex-wife was found in a dumpster near Los Angeles.

Jenkins, 32, disappeared last week but his boat was found Wednesday moored at a marina not far from the U.S-Canada border south of Vancouver.

The discovery triggered a huge dragnet and many false sightings of Jenkins.

Pound says police don’t yet know how long Jenkins was at the motel before his body was discovered.

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