Canadian murder suspect led cops on a high-speed boat chase: police

Law enforcement sources said Friday Ryan Jenkins, who is wanted in the killing of model Jasmine Fiore, led authorities on a high-speed boat chase along the U.S.-Canada border.

Authorities tracked Jenkins to a marina in Blaine, Wash. Wednesday and found his car and empty boat trailer.

Several miles off the coast, a U.S. Coast Guard cutter came upon a speedboat believed to be the suspect's. Farrah Emami of the Orange County, Calif. district attorney's office, confirmed that a high-speed chase ensued.

She said the cutter couldn't catch the speedboat. She could not confirm a report that it crossed into Canadian waters and was chased back by Canadian authorities.

Emami said the boat, registered to Jenkins, was found Thursday in Point Roberts. Jenkins is believed to have crossed on foot into Canada.

Meantime, a man resembling Jenkins was detained and questioned by police Friday night after arriving in Toronto on an Air Canada flight from Vancouver. However, Staff Sgt. Keith Brodie of Peel Regional RCMP in Ontario said the man was fingerprinted, and it was determined that he was not Jenkins.

Also Friday, it was revealed Fiore was identified when coroner's officials traced the serial number on her breast implants.

Jenkins, 32, a reality-TV contestant from Calgary, has been charged with murder in the slaying of Fiore, whose mutilated body was discovered stuffed in a suitcase and tossed in a trash receptacle.

The model's mother, meanwhile, pleaded with "the people of Canada" not to shelter Jenkins.

"I just want the people in Canada to help get that guy and not let him f---ing hide out and to get him behind bars," Lisa Lepore said.

The coroner's report verifies Fiore died of strangulation, Emami said.

Paperwork paving the way for Jenkins' extradition is now in place.

Officials with the Orange County district attorney filed paperwork, and a Canada-wide warrant was issued Friday afternoon for Jenkins' arrest.

U.S. authorities said earlier they believe Jenkins may be armed with a handgun.

Jenkins's father is a prominent Calgary architect. U.S. authorities have said they believe Jenkins has the resources to hide anywhere in the world.

"His family has planes, property," Lepore said.

Police in California say the former real-estate developer was the last person to see 28-year-old Jasmine Fiore alive before her body was recovered.

"The victim had been badly beaten, all of her fingers had been cut off, and all of her teeth had been forcibly removed," the district attorney's office said.

The U.S. Marshals Service is offering a $25,000 reward for information that leads to Jenkins's arrest. The reward will be payable to both U.S. and Canadian citizens.

Lepore described her daughter as an "amazing woman. She loved animals. She was going to open a business with her friend in L.A."

She said Fiore was an avid horseback rider who had been riding ponies since she was five, but also had a wide range of high-adrenalin interests.

Jenkins was born in Victoria and moved with his parents to Calgary when he was a year old.

Details of Jenkins' relationships have emerged from two ex-girlfriends interviewed for a pre-sentencing report dealing with an assault against one of the women.

Jenkins admitted he punched the woman in the head and knocked her to her knees when she attempted to leave his Calgary residence.

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