BEIJING, August 21 (Xinhuanet) -- Gruesome details have emerged concerning the murder of model Jasmine Fiore whose body was found last weekend stuffed into suitcase in a California garbage bin. Police say the model's teeth and fingers had been removed, perhaps in an effort to prevent identification of the body.

    Ryan Alexander Jenkins, who was married to the former swimsuit model for a short time, has been charged with her murder, though he has not been apprehended. He had disappeared following the discovery of Fiore's body and is belived to be somewhere in Canada.

    Jenkins is believed to have driven 1,600 km to Washington state and then taken a boat to a peninsula on the border, where he walked into Canadian territory. A Canadian police official has said ground, air and canine units are involved in the search for Jenkins. "At this time, although we believe he crossed the border, we're not one hundred percent sure of that," U.S. Marshal Chief Inspector Thomas Hession said. "There will be no stone unturned and we'll look under every rock for him."

    A car and empty boat trailer belonging to the Jenkins have been found at a marina in the remote northwest Washington town of Blaine. Whatcom County Sheriff's deputies received a report Wednesday that a man matching Jenkins' description arrived by boat at Point Roberts, Washington, about 16 km from Blaine at the tip of a peninsula. The point is reachable by land only from Canada, and Jenkins is believed to have walked across the border from there.

    Meanwhile, Fiore's ex-boyfriend, Robert Hasman, urged Jenkins' friends and family to help police find him. "Ryan Jenkins is an animal, what he has done to Jasmine is unspeakable and it's just not right and I'd appreciate your help," Hasman said at a news conference.

    Jenkins who was a contestant on the VH1 reality TV show "Megan Wants a Millionaire" met Fiore in a Las Vegas casino. They were married on March 18 but in May had the marriage annulled only a few months later. Court records show that Jenkins was charged in June in Clark County, Nevada, with a misdemeanor count of "battery constituting domestic violence" for allegedly hitting Fiore in the arm and is due to be tried in December.

    (Agencies)