Friends and family of the late Jasmine Fiore reacted on Monday (August 24) to the news that her husband, Ryan Jenkins, had been found dead of an apparent suicide in Canada on Sunday, more than a week after police say he murdered the former swimsuit model.
"It brings some closure to what's going on," Fiore's mother, Lisa Lepore, told the "Today" show on Monday. Saying she had mixed feelings about Jenkins' death, Lepore took some comfort in knowing that her son-in-law, who was considered armed and dangerous and was the subject of a six-day cross-border manhunt, is "no longer a threat." Despite his death, she said, "We still have a long process of closure," adding that she was disappointed that his suicide ended the possibility that he would be tried for his alleged crimes.
"I think no one will ever know that this
man was a professional con man," she said. "He targeted women. ... He wanted to be something he wasn't."read more
