Accused Murderer/Reality Star Ryan Jenkins Found Dead In Hotel Room

Reality TV star Ryan Jenkins, who was accused of brutally murdering his ex-wife Jasmine Fiore, was found hanging from a belt in a room at the Thunderbird Motel in British Columbia yesterday morning.

According to the Vancouver Sun, Jenkins was found dead when a motel manager decided to check on the room, which had been rented out three days earlier.

Jenkins was the subject of an international manhunt after Fiore's badly beaten and mutilated body was found in a suitcase in a garbage bin in Buena Park, California on August 15. Fiore's fingers and teeth had been removed, but authorities were later able to identify her by the serial number on her breast implants.

Lisa Lapore, the mother of the victim sat down with The Today Show, and despite her heartache over Jasmine's gruesome murder, she told Ann Curry that Ryan's death was able to bring "some closure to what's going on." Lapore graciously thanked the authorities for their efforts to solve the case, and she added that she is able to rest a little bit easier knowing that "[Jenkins is] no longer a threat."