SKYLAR DELEON: "WELL-DESERVED DEATH" FOR DROWNING TOM AND JACKIE HAWKS

TRUSTING VICTIMS
Thomas Hawks, a retired probation officer, was a victim in a chilling 2004 murder. He and his wife, Jackie Hawks, were spending time on their yacht, the Well-Deserved, when they were forced by assailants to sign over the boat and then tied to an anchor and thrown into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Catalina Island. The suspected murderer is former child actor and one-time Mighty Morphin Power Rangers extra Skylar DeLeon, who has pleaded not guilty and is currently under trial for the crime. Neither body has been discovered. (Courtesy of the Hawks Family)

Tom and Jackie Hawks (top) were murdered by Skylar Deleon, (bottom left) while at sea on their yacht, the Well-Deserved. (Courtesy of the Hawks Family/Skylar Deleon)

THE MASTERMIND AND LURE
Skylar James DeLeon, 26, and former wife, Jennifer Henderson, 24. Pregnant Jennifer convinced the Hawks to believe her husband wanted to buy their yacht by bringing their 9-month old baby aboard the yacht. Jennifer Henderson received two life terms without parole.

ACCOMPLICE
Myron Gardner, Sr., 45: Suspect accused in the murder of Thomas and Jackie Hawks. Myron Sandora Gardner had been a longtime member of the Insane Crips Gang in Long Beach. His gang moniker was "Fly." (JACK E. HANCOCK, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER)

ACCOMPLICE AND STAR WITNESS FOR PROSECUTION
Alonso Machain, 22: Machain explained in court that his assignment was to restrain Jackie Hawks above deck. Machain said Skylar Deleon asked him to tape the couple's eyes and mouths shut. He watched as Skylar Deleon grabbed an anchor and some rope, tied the Hawks to the anchor and brought them to the back of the boat.

ACCOMPLICE

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 40: Jury recommends execution. Deleon threw the anchor overboard while Kennedy pushed the Hawkses down toward the water until the anchor pulled them overboard.

Skylar Deleon gets death sentence in Newport Beach yacht murders
-- Christine Hanley / 12:14 PM / April 10, 2009

A Long Beach man was sentenced to death today for lashing Thomas and Jackie Hawks to the anchor of a yacht and throwing them overboard off the coast of Newport Beach in a plot to steal the vessel and plunder the couple’s life savings.

Skylar Deleon showed little reaction as Orange County Superior Court Judge Frank Fasel explained that mitigating factors -- including any abuse Deleon suffered while growing up -- were outweighed by the “horrors” of the 2004 murders of the Hawkses and the earlier 2003 slaying of John Peter Jarvi in a Mexican desert.

Deleon was convicted of all three murders.

READ MORE...
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/04/skylar-deleon-gets-death-sentence-in-newport-yacht-murders.html

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http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=6137048&page=1

MORE OF SKYLAR DELEON'S DEMENTED MIND...

While awaiting trial in jail, Deleon was also charged with soliciting another inmate to murder his father and cousin. He was also accused of killing John Jarvi, a resident of Anaheim who was found dead in Mexico in 2003.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylar_Deleon