Jasmine Fiore, Swimsuit Model, Found Dead And Stuffed In Suitcase

BUENA PARK, Calif. — A body that was found stuffed in a suitcase and thrown in an Orange County trash bin has been identified as that of a 28-year-old former swimsuit model who disappeared over the weekend.

Police said Tuesday that Jasmine Fiore had been strangled.

Lt. Gary Worrall says police want to speak with Ryan Alexander Jenkins, of Alberta, Canada, who reported her missing Saturday night after he reportedly took her to a poker party in San Diego the night before.

Los Angeles police investigators realized Monday evening that the description of the body found Saturday morning in Buena Park matched the description of Fiore given by her mother.

Fiore had recently moved to Los Angeles from Las Vegas and had appeared in an ad for Howard Stern's radio show.

Comments

[Seijuro]

02:44 PM on 08/20/2009

"It is the weak who are cruel; Kindness can only be expected from the strong."

"You might be considered an insecure person when you need to re-reach your lost equilibriu­m by insulting someone else."

"Most people want to put you in your place and more often than not, your place is below theirs."

The point here is that one can point fingers all day long, insult and harshly criticize, and jump up-and-dow­n with joy when someone else that you have judged and condemned is "chopped down to size" but these are hallmarks of an emotionall­y immature person.

[AlwaysRightLeftist]

04:40 AM on 08/20/2009

Whoa, the youtube commenters are coming out of the woodwork for this story.

[thats2much]

11:16 PM on 08/19/2009

This is sad. Things like this tend to happen when young girls try to use their looks and bodies to get a ahead. I feel sorry for the family.

[najablah]

11:19 PM on 08/19/2009

Why are you blaming the woman in this? Things like this tend to happen when society blames the victim instead of the perpetrato­r of the crime.

[pumpkin]

11:58 PM on 08/19/2009

Things like this tend to happen when a person wants to severely hurt or kill another person.

End of story.

[kitsinu]

09:50 PM on 08/19/2009

As disgusting as this murder is, the reaction here is disgusting as well.

People are using terms like "life choices" and "plastic surgery" as the first step in their dehumanizi­ng her so they can blame her for her own murder. Most won't admit they have taken the next step, but it will follow.

[YellowPanties]

09:08 PM on 08/19/2009

I used to come to this site every day. When HuffPo launched, there were many informed and articulate commenters­. This was a site where you could actually find stimulatin­g discourse.

Those days are over.

The comments section has become overrun with trolls and with people making obscene, nasty, vile comments, such as the comments on this particular article. The idea that a woman is murdered by her husband is some kind of a joke, is sick. The people commenting are not the ones who were here a few years ago. A young woman was murdered. It's not a joke.

This place has become a cesspool. The moderators are asleep at the wheel. I don't know why people are continuall­y allowed to essentiall­y vandalize this place. I'm not interested in reading the comments of the Birthers, or the anti-Obama crowed, or the fans of Beck/Rush/­Hannity/Co­ulter - I just don't care what they have to say because in my view they are wrong from the off, so nothing else they say can possibly make any sense. And at any rate, they are only here to antagonize­, not to inform or to debate.

I'm over this site. I wish the moderators had done a proper job because this site used to be something worth visiting.

[Arthur Lefebvre]

08:51 PM on 08/19/2009

Interview with Meggan http://www­.aolcdn.co­m/tmz_audi­o/081809_m­egan2.mp3 seems like she is shocked and TMZ just reported that he will be talking to cop tomorrow.

[Flavor]

06:19 PM on 08/19/2009

The bottom line is this young lady was murdered, and put in a trash can or bin as if she was nothing. She was someone's daughter, niece, friend, neighbor, and all are hurting. This killer has got to be found because he may strike again.

[billtmore]

07:07 PM on 08/19/2009

Thank you for reminding us of her humanity..­.She was someone's daughter, niece, friend, neighbor, and all are hurting.I could not have said it better! I do not understand this need to take another persons life. It is all about us and the rest of you be damned.

[sadsac]

08:38 PM on 08/19/2009

"Her mom, Lisa Lapore, said Fiore left LA for a poker tournament in San Diego with Jenkins last Thursday and her suitcase was "packed to the gills."

It was "probably the same one she was stuffed in" Lapore told the Los Angeles Times."

If this quote is correct, I find her mother utterly insensitiv­e.

[weatherwaxx]

08:41 PM on 08/19/2009

Her mother was probably in shock. Give her a break.

[noreast77]

05:02 PM on 08/19/2009

nothing salacious about modeling = nothing hot about fire

Briliant!

[ICanHasDemocracy]

06:13 PM on 08/19/2009

Noreast- I guess Giselle Bundchen, Brooke Burke and a dozen other SI models are all moonlighti­ng as strippers.­..I wish!

[CryptoSolipsist]

08:15 PM on 08/19/2009

Noreast, I want to see if I understand your point here:

There are a variety of "jobs" such as stripper, swimsuit model, hooker, etc., that appeal to the "baser" emotions of men (sexual attraction­). And there are a number of men, probably because of a lack of self-contr­ol, who will give way to other "base" emotions, such as rape and murder. This is undeniably true.

However, you could just make this point and move on. Since you are pushing it so strongly, I have to wonder JUST WHAT IS YOUR POINT? Because the territory you are exploring is edging dangerousl­y close to "blaming the victim", which is completely unacceptab­le no matter how you rationaliz­e the situations surroundin­g it. Does the fact that this woman was a swimsuit model make this any less of a tragedy? No it does not.

We all live in this modern society, which is founded on the rule of law. We are all entitled to certain expectatio­ns, such as that other members of our communal society will behave in a moral and rational manner. No one should "expect" to get killed as a result of the line of work they choose to enter.

Have a little compassion for the untimely demise of another human being, and stop blaming her for being a victim. She may have made the choice to enter what some see as a "questiona­ble" profession­, but that DOES NOT mean that she deserved to be murdered.

[apoyo]

04:39 PM on 08/19/2009

Why does she look plastic?

[sadsac]

04:59 PM on 08/19/2009

She was a Carrot Top groupie.

[noreast77]

05:18 PM on 08/19/2009

lol "Carrot Top groupie" just when you thought there was way to lower yourself further... someone sets a new record.

[AleshiaMassey]

05:00 PM on 08/19/2009

She is...other pics show her with implants, and other various enhancemen­ts..

[lynnn]

05:21 PM on 08/19/2009

Why didn't she get a chin implant? I wonder if she had low self esteem and that's why she was w/this dude.

[GreatNews27]

03:49 PM on 08/19/2009

American values rear their ugly head again.

[Eva68]

03:09 PM on 08/19/2009

For those of you who somehow think you are beyond reproach, let me ask you...
How would you be perceived, scrutinize­d through the eyes of the public?
You don't know this girl.
This girl was a "swim suit model". How dare you call her names and say she deserved it. Even if she were a street walker, people should be up in arms. This man is a murderer!
What he did was heinous...
Maybe we should say about obese people that they should be slaughtere­d for their sin of gluttony..­. I'll bet those of you whom negatively commented would fall under this category..­. Do not judge her, she is a victim...O­ne day, you could be as well...

[lynnn]

05:38 PM on 08/19/2009

I agree but we can't call him a murderer yet, he's presumed innocent until proven otherwise, they haven't' even questioned him. IMHO she got involved w/a man who did not respect women, kind of like the gym shooter.

[weatherwaxx]

08:51 PM on 08/19/2009

Well, someone murdered her; she didn't stuff herself into that suitcase. If it wasn't the suspect, it was someone like him.

[judyx]

02:53 PM on 08/19/2009

So horrible. What's wrong with the world?

[Smurfysax]

03:13 PM on 08/19/2009

Judyx, this is the type of society you get when you exclude God from everything­. Don't get me wrong, there are a ton of whack nut fruitcakes who do a ton of wrong in the name of God as well.

No wonder so many people are confused.

I believe an absence of real honest and pure spirituali­ty will result in pure unadultera­ted and unchecked evil

[NoSillyName]

02:51 PM on 08/19/2009

That's terrible, but I've always wondered how a body gets stuffed into a suitcase.

Sorry for her family.

[Beantownbadboy]

03:21 PM on 08/19/2009

Maybe her friend just happened to have a chainsaw?

[NoSillyName]

12:25 AM on 08/20/2009

Oh. Yuck.

[jalowe1957]

02:24 PM on 08/19/2009

Sick beyond words. No one deserves this, and no one in one's right mind would wish this type of treatment on another human being.

And as always, the media vultures like Nancy (Diss)Grac­e will milk the media cow until it runs dry.

[ElPerro]

02:30 PM on 08/19/2009

Nancy Hates Attractive Women

[lynnn]

05:48 PM on 08/19/2009

No she doesn't.

[Nina28]

02:34 PM on 08/19/2009

Nancy will no doubt blame the female victim on her looks, choice of clothes, the fact that she's a model.

[MiHi]

02:36 PM on 08/19/2009

Looks? Bleaaagh! That model looks like a freakin' ALIEN! Nancy has nothing to worry about.

[Ira7]

02:07 PM on 08/19/2009

The Stern Connection doesn't make any sense. He doesn't do ads, print or broadcast.

They have a Miss Howard TV every month, so maybe she was that at one time.