WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Police say a car found in West Hollywood belonged to an ex-model who police suspect was killed by a former reality show contestant.
Buena Park police Detective Eric Burciaga says police received an anonymous telephone tip Wednesday and found the white Mercedes-Benz belonging to Jasmine Fiore in a parking lot.
Fiore's nude body was found in suitcase in a Southern California trash bin on Aug. 15.
Burciaga says a witness told police the car had been parked in West Hollywood since the day of the killing.
Ryan Jenkins, a wealthy reality TV contestant wanted in the killing, was found hanging from a clothes rack in a hotel room in his native Canada on Sunday.
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Associated Press Writer Gillian Flaccus in Tustin, Calif., contributed to this report.
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WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Police have found a car in West Hollywood that matches the description of a vehicle belonging to an ex-model who police suspect was killed by a former reality show contestant.
Buena Park police Sgt. Bill Kohanek said Wednesday that authorities received a tip that the white Mercedes-Benz had been sitting in a parking lot for several days.
Los Angeles County deputies guarded the car before it was loaded onto a tow truck.
Ex-model Jasmine Fiore's nude body was found in a trash bin on Aug. 15.
Ryan Jenkins, a wealthy reality TV contestant wanted in her murder, was found hanging from a clothes rack in a hotel room in his native Canada on Sunday.
Police have said Fiore may have been killed in her car.
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Associated Press Writer Gillian Flaccus in Tustin, Calif., contributed to this report.