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Thomas and Jackie Hawks were a couple from Prescott, Arizona, United States, who were murdered in 2004. As of October 2008[update], Skylar James Deleon and Jennifer Deleon have been convicted of charges relating to their murders. Another person, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, is currently awaiting trial, and a fourth, Alonso Background Skylar James Deleon (born John Jacobson Jr.[2][3] on August 12, 1979) is a former American child actor.[4] The son of a convicted drug dealer, Deleon began acting in bit parts in commercials as a child. At age 14, he appeared in a non-speaking part in the series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, which aired May 4, 1994. As an adult Deleon struggled to remember lines, and his career faltered as a result. At age 20, he joined the United States Marine Corps, but "went AWOL" fifteen days later.[5][6][7] He was later dishonorably discharged.[6][7] Disappearance Thomas Hawks was a retired probation officer and a bodybuilder. He owned, with his second wife Jackie Hawks (formerly of Mentor-on-the-Lake, Ohio), a 55-foot yacht, the Well Deserved, which they treated as their permanent home and on which they sailed for two years around the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortez. In 2004, they decided to sell their yacht, and set up home in Newport Harbor, to be closer to the grandchild of Mr. Hawks' son from his first marriage.[1] Jackie helped raise the boys since they were in their early teens, Their advertisement of the sale of the yacht was answered in November by Skylar Deleon. The couple was initially cautious of Deleon, but became more receptive when he brought his then-pregnant wife Jennifer and their other child to a meeting.[8] The Hawks were last seen alive on the morning of November 15, 2004, heading out of the harbor. The yacht returned, but they did not.[1] Their bodies have never been found.[9] Investigation Police inquired into the disappearance. On November 26, 2004, an attempt was made to access the Hawks' bank account from Mexico. The family was notified, and filed a missing person report with the Carlsbad police department.[1] On November 29, 2004, the police interviewed Skylar Deleon. He told them that he bought the boat from the Hawks' and showed them proof-of-purchase documents. He stated to police that the Hawks left in their car with his money, denied being in their car, and named Alonso Machain (a former correctional officer that Deleon met while in jail for burglary) as witness to the purchase. The reason that he bought the boat, he claimed, was that he intended to launder money related to an armed burglary in 2002 for which he had been convicted.[1][9] In March 2005, Machain confessed to the crime and, along with Deleon, Deleon's wife Jennifer, and Kennedy were | ||||
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