There are many people today who hope Ryan Jenkins is rotting in hell, his suicide all the proof they need that the Calgary fugitive was guilty of a cold-blooded murder.
Dan Jenkins, Ryan's grieving dad, is sure his son found hell in life, as he hid in a Hope, B.C. motel room, police on his tail, and nothing but despair on the horizon.
Ryan's mother, Nada Jenkins, lives in Vancouver but did not return phone calls.
Dan Jenkins said his son died frightened and lonely.
"He was terrified and he was alone, because he couldn't call anyone, because all the phones were tapped," said Dan Jenkins. "He didn't get to talk to anybody."
Did the Calgary fugitive at least find a way to say goodbye to his father before taking his own life? A flat "no, no, no," from Jenkins, a prominent Calgary architect.
The father's tears are barely contained as he talks about his son painted as a murderous monster, ever since the body of his ex-wife was found stuffed in a suitcase.
He still has doubts his son was responsible for the murder of Jasmine Fiore.
"Ryan was a great guy and I'm not at all convinced he did this crime yet," he said.
For Jenkins, the accusation isn't enough - he needs solid evidence. It's not denial, so much as a dad demanding proof. It's hard to blame any parent for wanting the same.
What Jenkins refuses to believe, despite Ryan's past conviction in Calgary for domestic abuse, is that his son was the only villain in a relationship gone bad.
"A lot of these things were just silliness, like the charge in California," said Jenkins.
Ryan was arrested on a charge of domestic violence earlier this year, after allegedly slugging Fiore in the arm.
Jenkins says his son only pushed his wife into a pool, after a squabble.
"He turns around and his wife's kissing another guy and he grabs her hand and starts walking away, and they're arguing and he just pushes her in the pool. Well, big deal."
Jenkins said his son's relationship with Fiore, and Hollywood in general, was toxic.
"He went to Hollywood and something down there in the last four months, including this girl, just destroyed him," he said.
"She would take off for days at a time and lie, and Ryan was lonely and distraught and alone down there. She was his only friend and she'd just disappear.
"It was hell on earth - I advised him 50 times to get out of that relationship."
