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In 2004, Tom and Jackie Hawks advertised their 55-foot yacht named “Well Deserved” for sale in a boating magazine for $440,000. Skylar Deleon contacted and met with the couple regarding the sale. On Nov. 15, 2004, the Hawks agreed to go on a test sail with Deleon and his supposed accountants. Before setting sail, Jackie made a cell phone call saying, “We’re out at sea.” It was the last anyone would ever hear from them.";
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The defendant, Skylar Deleon, 29, is accused of murdering the Arizona couple by handcuffing them to their boat anchor and tossing them overboard into the Pacific. If convicted, he could face the death penalty. He has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and murder for financial gain.";
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This is not the first time Deleon has been accused of murder. While awaiting trial, he was charged with soliciting another inmate to murder his father and cousin because he suspected they had information about his alleged role in two crimes. Deleon was also accused of murdering John Jarvi in Mexico in 2003 and stealing $50,000 from him.";
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The son of a convicted drug dealer, Deleon started acting as a child. At 14, he was on the popular TV series “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,” but he never had a speaking part and his acting career faltered. At the age of 20 he joined the Marines, but he was dishonorably discharged 15 days later.";
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Deleon was allegedly not alone in the murders. Investigators believe he had help from his ex-wife, Jennifer, and friends Myron Gardner and Alonso Machain. During the crime itself, Jennifer stayed behind on dry land with their baby.";
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In 2006, a jury convicted her of two counts of first-degree murder and murder for financial gain and sentenced her to two terms of life in prison without parole. Supposedly, just days after the Hawks’ murder, Jennifer withdrew large sums of cash from the couple’s bank accounts and transferred it to another account in Mexico.";
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Alonso Machain and Myron Gardner are both accused of assisting Deleon in the murder of Tom and Jackie Hawks. Their claim that they bought the boat from the Hawks weeks earlier and saw them alive in Newport Beach was dismissed when Machain confessed, supplying the first eyewitness account of what happened to Tom and Jackie Hawks.";
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His confession led prosecutors to believe that the Hawks were handcuffed and held captive in a bedroom in the lower cabin of the boat with their eyes and mouths covered in duct tape. Supposedly they were also forced to sign and fingerprint documents that transferred the boat title to Deleon and gave him power of attorney.";
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After the crime was committed, all the men allegedly took cash, jewelry and any other valuables they could find on board. Machain and Gardner are pleading not guilty and waiting to stand trial.";
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Matt and Ryan Hawks appeared exclusively on the TODAY show on Oct. 10, 2008 to discuss their parents tragic death and Skylar Deleon's trial.";
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Tom and Jackie Hawks wanted to sell their yacht to be closer to their children and grandchildren. Now, they'll never have the opportunity. Read the story ";
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