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The Murder of the Model: The Case of Jasmine Fiore She was supposed to be seen. He refused to let her be free. In August 2009, a bloodstained suitcase discarded behind an apartment complex in Buena Park, California, revealed a horror that would grip two countries. Inside was the mutilated body of 28-year-old swimsuit model and promotional personality Jasmine Fiore-her fingers removed, her teeth torn out, her identity almost erased. Within days, the truth surfaced: this was not a random killing, but the brutal end of a toxic marriage. The prime suspect? Her husband, Ryan Jenkins-a wealthy Canadian real estate investor and freshly minted reality TV contestant on VH1's Megan Wants a Millionaire. The Murder of the Model: The Case of Jasmine Fiore traces the case from its glittering beginnings to its devastating conclusion: Jasmine's journey from small-town Canada to the bright, unforgiving lights of California's modeling and nightlife scene. Ryan Jenkins's hunger for status and fame-and the controlling behavior that escalated behind closed doors. The final night at a San Diego hotel, the frantic cover-up, the body in the suitcase, and the international manhunt that ended in a lonely Canadian motel room. The scandal that rocked reality television and exposed terrifying gaps in contestant vetting and domestic violence awareness. With meticulous research and a victim-centered lens, Linda Davidson cuts through the tabloids and sensational headlines to restore Jasmine Fiore to the center of her own story-not as a prop in someone else's fall from grace, but as a daughter, a friend, and a woman whose warnings were heard too late. This is more than a true crime story. It is a stark look at coercive control, the dark side of fame, and how a culture addicted to spectacle missed the danger growing in plain sight. For readers of Ann Rule, Michelle McNamara, and other narrative true crime that refuses to forget the victim, The Murder of the Model asks a haunting question: When love is confused with possession, how many red flags are we willing to ignore?

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