When Jasmine Fiore met Ryan Jankins sparks flew between the two of them and a whirlwind romance fitting for the Las Vegas strip would follow. Ryan had just come off several reality TV shows and was flying high. Jasmine was a beautiful woman with no shortage of suitors. They seemed to be a match made in heaven but what happened next was shocking and brought into question the casting methods and background checks of any reality tv show.

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Sources for the story:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Jasmine_Fiore

KABC-TV Los Angeles Article by Leslie Miller  https://web.archive.org/web/20090820191415/http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news%2Flocal%2Flos_angeles&id=6971044

ABC News article by Richard Gerdau https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/2020/model-murder-ryan-jenkins-jasmine-fiore-back-story/story?id=8417815

MTV.com article by MTV News Staff  http://www.mtv.com/news/1619796/timeline-of-grisly-jasmine-fiore-murder-revealed/

Entertainment Weekly article by Kristen Baldwin https://ew.com/tv/2020/01/30/ryan-jenkins-jasmine-fiore-megan-wants-a-millionaire/

AJC report writer not cited on report https://www.ajc.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/jasmine-fiore-mom-ryan-jenkins-death-brings-closure/ohm1rEhPoupYc53kOJp0xI/

CNN article by Paul Vercammen http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/23/california.model.death/index.html

AJC article writer not cited on report https://www.ajc.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/update-new-details-death-ryan-jenkins/cHcZrQsJeqHQS30SeGiMFN/

True Crime with Aphrodite Jones - Casting A Killer  

NY Daily News article by Richard Huff https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/vh1-love-money-4-re-edited-focus-competition-wake-ryan-jenkins-murder-scandal-article-1.442552

People article by Johnny Dodd https://people.com/crime/megan-hausermans-haunting-memories-of-reality-tv-murder/