Deceased/Not Found CA - Tom, 57, & Jackie Hawks, 47, Newport Beach, 14 Nov 2004 *Four guilty*

[SuziQ]

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/07/11/20080711yacht-killings11-ON.html

A man charged with murdering an Arizona couple at sea and dumping their bodies overboard tried to cut his penis off with a razor while awaiting trial, a sheriff's spokesman said Friday.
Skylar Deleon, 29, was briefly hospitalized after the March 13 incident, but was back in his cell the next day after the penis was reattached, said Damon Micalizzi, spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department (more at link)

 

[Pepper]

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/07/11/20080711yacht-killings11-ON.html

A man charged with murdering an Arizona couple at sea and dumping their bodies overboard tried to cut his penis off with a razor while awaiting trial, a sheriff's spokesman said Friday.
Skylar Deleon, 29, was briefly hospitalized after the March 13 incident, but was back in his cell the next day after the penis was reattached, said Damon Micalizzi, spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department (more at link)

Awww jeeze, why'd they do that? Shoulda just let him bleed to death! At least I hope they put it on backwards.

 

[SuziQ]

I've always thought that Skylar and his group of thugs were involved in the disappearance of the below listed couple missing from Arizona. The day they were last seen was the day they were meeting someone to purchase a very expensive Ducati motorcycle and had cash on them. It seems to me this type of crime would have been right up Skyler's alley.

http://www.theyaremissed.org/ncma/gallery/ncmaprofile_all.php?A200301336W

http://www.theyaremissed.org/ncma/gallery/ncmaprofile_all.php?A200301337W

http://www.nampn.org/cases/russell_charles_martin.html

Details of Disappearance
Russell and his fiancee`, Catherine Nelson, resided in Phoenix, Arizona in early 2002. Russell told a friend that he and Nelson planned to drive to Tucson, Arizona on February 2, 2002 to look at an advertised Ducati motorcycle. They have not been heard from since.
Nelson and Russell were traveling in their red Ford SVT Lightning F-150 pickup truck with Arizona license plates 274-HBF at the time of their disappearances The truck was discovered abandoned in the parking lot of Santa Cruz Catholic Church in Tucson on February 7, 2002. Russell's checkbook was located inside the glove compartment. There was no indication of a struggle at the scene and no additional evidence was found inside the vehicle.

Nelson and Russell's family members told authorities that it is uncharacteristic of them to leave without warning. They left their dog unattended inside their house, as they planned to return home during the evening of February 2. Their relatives stated that Nelson and Russell would have placed their pet in a kennel if they expected to stay away for an extended period of time. They are described as having a very stable and loving relationship.

Authorities believe that Nelson and Russell may have been lured to Tucson for the purposes of a robbery, but little evidence is available to prove any theory. Foul play is suspected in Nelson and Russell's disappearances.

 

[SuziQ]

Awww jeeze, why'd they do that? Shoulda just let him bleed to death! At least I hope they put it on backwards.

I guess it's never worked right for years. Something about an old motorcycle injury? Amazing he had kids.....

 

[oakayfine]

I think this is all just a ploy for an insanity plea. The wife's attorney, Molfetta, alluded to him wanting a sex change operation when whe was on trial. Supposedly this is why she knew nothing about his plans of murdering the Hawks.
This story just keeps getting stranger and stranger - the entire cast of misfits is disugsting.

http://www.tomandjackiehawks.com/news.htm
About 3/4 down the page -

Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Testimony closes on a weird note
FRANK MICKADEIT
Register columnist
[email protected]
****snipped from article for space *****
"(Molfetta, by the way, raised the sex-change yesterday as a motive for Skylar wanting to kill the Hawkses and steal their money and boat. In addition to the thousands the Deleons owed creditors, Skylar had also put down $500 toward a sex-change operation he'd scheduled for two weeks after the murders. He needed $15,000 more.)"


They really should have just let him bleed out. he is wasting our oxygen.

From the family website (lonk posted above with the arcile - the trial should be taking place in August.
**Notice - Trial Postponed until August 25th 2008**

 

[gaia227]

I've always thought that Skylar and his group of thugs were involved in the disappearance of the below listed couple missing from Arizona. The day they were last seen was the day they were meeting someone to purchase a very expensive Ducati motorcycle and had cash on them. It seems to me this type of crime would have been right up Skyler's alley.

http://www.theyaremissed.org/ncma/gallery/ncmaprofile_all.php?A200301336W

http://www.theyaremissed.org/ncma/gallery/ncmaprofile_all.php?A200301337W

http://www.nampn.org/cases/russell_charles_martin.html

Details of Disappearance
Russell and his fiancee`, Catherine Nelson, resided in Phoenix, Arizona in early 2002. Russell told a friend that he and Nelson planned to drive to Tucson, Arizona on February 2, 2002 to look at an advertised Ducati motorcycle. They have not been heard from since.
Nelson and Russell were traveling in their red Ford SVT Lightning F-150 pickup truck with Arizona license plates 274-HBF at the time of their disappearances The truck was discovered abandoned in the parking lot of Santa Cruz Catholic Church in Tucson on February 7, 2002. Russell's checkbook was located inside the glove compartment. There was no indication of a struggle at the scene and no additional evidence was found inside the vehicle.

Nelson and Russell's family members told authorities that it is uncharacteristic of them to leave without warning. They left their dog unattended inside their house, as they planned to return home during the evening of February 2. Their relatives stated that Nelson and Russell would have placed their pet in a kennel if they expected to stay away for an extended period of time. They are described as having a very stable and loving relationship.

Authorities believe that Nelson and Russell may have been lured to Tucson for the purposes of a robbery, but little evidence is available to prove any theory. Foul play is suspected in Nelson and Russell's disappearances.

Wow, SuziQ you might be right. I wonder if LE has made the connection. Have you emailed the links to the PD? It seems so obvious we all assume they would have looked at them as suspects but we all know how much miscommunication and things get overlooked in between dept's, etc.
It is in the right area and is completely this guy's MO.

People murdered for financial gain with the exception of sexual crimes makes me the angriest. To murder people so you can have more money just pisses me off to no end. The fact is these people are so narcisstic they believe owning a new car or new boat is as important as two people's lifes.

 

[SuziQ]

gaia, I did send an email way back when. But I couldn't tell you who I sent it to. I think I'll send another one today.

ETA: I just sent an email to Phoenix PD.

 

[joe jones]

This trial is supposed to start on August 25th, anybody know if it will be televised

 

[joe jones]

http://www.tomandjackiehawks.com/news.htm

now set for September, and the DA wants to try Skylar for the other murder he is charged with at the same trial

 

[joe jones]

http://thelog.com/news/logNewsArticle.aspx?a=4&b=14&x=8323

jury selection begins Monday

 

[SuziQ]

http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10657618

Nearly four years after his father and stepmother vanished, Ryan Hawks intends to be in court every day for the murder trial of the man suspected of tying the couple to an anchor on their yacht and dumping them at sea.
Opening statements are expected Tuesday in the case against Skylar Deleon, 29, who has pleaded not guilty to murder and murder for financial gain in the deaths of Tom and Jackie Hawks.

 

[SuziQ]

In reference to my post 138, I received an email from Phoenix PD the same day I sent mine to them. It simply stated that they could not comment on an active investigation.

 

[JBean]

SANTA ANA, Calif. (Associated Press) -- The attorney for a man accused of throwing a couple off their yacht bound to an anchor told a jury Tuesday his client is guilty of those two murders and a third, but shouldn't be put to death.
"My goal is simply to save Skylar Deleon's life," defense attorney Gary Pohlson said in a 15-minute opening statement on behalf of his client

http://orangecounty.cox.net/cci/new...=article&id=D93LUUT80&_action=validatearticlehttp://orangecounty.cox.net/cci/new...=article&id=D93LUUT80&_action=validatearticle

 

[SuziQ]

Hang him....

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,434163,00.html

The attorney for a man accused of throwing a couple off their yacht bound to an anchor told a jury Tuesday his client is guilty of those two murders and a third, but shouldn't be put to death.
"My goal is simply to save Skylar Deleon's life," defense attorney Gary Pohlson said in a 15-minute opening statement on behalf of his client.
"Skylar is guilty of all three murders," he said.

 

[Saffron]

These murders were horrific. I cannot imagine what the Hawks' family and friends have gone through. It seems the only consolation families of murder victims can hope for is finding out that their loved one(s) didn't suffer. The Hawks family did not get that consolation. So, so sad.

 

[yadler]

No streaming video anywhere? No cameras in the courtroom? I am left hanging on the vine. The defense opening yesterday has left me reeling.

 

[chicoliving]

A jury has convicted a Southern California man of murdering three people, including a couple who were tied to an anchor and thrown off their yacht.

The Orange County Superior Court jury convicted Skylar Deleon on Monday after just a few hours of deliberation.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,441782,00.html

The penalty phase begins Wednesday.

 

[SDkid]

http://www.tomandjackiehawks.com/news.htm

R.I.P. Tom & Jackie.

 

[Kat]

http://www.azcentral.com/specials/special27/articles/0415hawks0415.html

snipped from article:

Their bodies have never been found.

Arrested for the Crime~ Skylar James Deleon and his wife Jennifer Deleon.

Jennifer Deleon: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/hawks-newport-yacht-2179043-beach-boat

Jennifer Deleon was convicted of first-degree murder for her role in the conspiracy in November 2006. After numerous delays, she was sentenced in 2008 by Superior Court Judge Frank F. Fasel to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Skylar Deleon: http://articles.latimes.com/2008/oct/21/local/me-deleon21

snipped from article above:

An Orange County jury took just two hours today to find a Long Beach man guilty of killing Tom and Jackie Hawks in 2004 and plotting to steal their yacht and plunder their life savings.
Skylar Deleon was also found guilty in the 2003 murder of Jon Peter Jarvi, an Anaheim man found dead in Mexico after Deleon swindled him out of $50,000. The jury also convicted him of murder for financial gain. (October 21, 2008)

(Skylar Deleon's sentencing has been pushed to April 10, 2009.) ~ http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2009/03/20/topstory/dpt-deleonsentencing032109.txt

Defendents yet to be tried/or tried and awaiting sentencing as of January 29th, 2009:Alonso Machain, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Myron Sandora Gardner

http://crime.freedomblogging.com/2009/01/

snipped from above link:

Alonso Machain, 25, of Pico Rivera, (right) is also charged with two counts of first-degree murder for his role in killing Thomas and Jackie Hawks in November 2004 by tying them to an anchor and throwing them overboard.

But he is cooperating with prosecutors in hopes of leniency when he is sentenced. In particular, he hopes he will not get the death penalty or life without parole.

and:

Now Machain is being called to testify against the presidentially named John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 43, (left) the reputed street gang member allegedly hired by Deleon to subdue Thomas Hawks aboard the 55-foot trawler, the Well Deserved.

Myron Sandora Gardner:

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/gardner-deleon-beach-2179028-gang-charged

snipped from above:

Gardner was arrested and charged with two counts of murder on March 3, 2005...Gardner's trial is pending.

A message for Ryan and Matt, my heart and prayers are with you during this difficult time.

For those that are interested in discussion of this case and trial you can access it here at this thread:

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3261204

Rest in Peace Tom and Jackie.

 

[chicoliving]

A judge sentenced a onetime child actor to death for murdering an Arizona couple by tying them to an anchor and throwing them overboard from their yacht off Southern California.

Orange County Superior Court Judge Frank F. Fasel on Friday imposed the sentence recommended by the jury that convicted 29-year old Skylar Deleon of killing Tom and Jackie Hawks of Prescott, Ariz.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,514255,00.html