Read he was an "extra" on the show.
Posted on 08/17/2005 8:37:58 AM PDT by snowrip
Former Child Star to Stand Trial for Murder
Prosecutors Say Man and Wife Threw California Couple Off Yacht
By Tori Richards, Reuters
SANTA ANA, Calif. (Aug. 16) - A former child actor and his wife were ordered to stand trial on Tuesday for the murder of a wealthy California couple who, prosecutors say, were tied to the anchor of their yacht and thrown overboard alive, never to be seen again.
Orange County Superior Court Judge John Conley ordered 26-year-old Skylar Deleon, who once starred in the "Power Rangers" TV series, and his wife, 24-year-old Jennifer Henderson Deleon, to stand trial for the murders after a two-day preliminary hearing in Santa Ana, south of Los Angeles. Also bound over for trial in the case, which baffled police for months as they searched for the missing couple, were a member of the Crips street gang and a prison guard who are accused of helping carry out a conspiracy to steal the 55-foot luxury yacht "Well Deserved."
"It's haunting to think these nice, loving people were trying to hold their breaths as they sank to the bottom of the ocean," Deputy District Attorney Matt Murphy said during the hearing. "This is as cold-blooded as it gets." Prosecutors say Deleon came up with the plot after spotting the yacht for sale in a boating magazine last November and meeting owners Thomas Hawks, 57, and his 47-year-old wife Jackie. He is accused of enlisting the help of 40-year-old gang member John Fitzgerald Kennedy and ex-jailer Alonso Machain, 21, to carry out the murder on Nov. 15, 2004. Machain has since confessed to police and will be tried separately.
Attorneys for the Deleons rejected the charges and during the hearing attacked the credibility of Machain, who is expected to be a star witness for the prosecution.
A police detective testified during the hearing that Deleon and his then-pregnant wife posed as interested buyers and convinced the Hawks to take the yacht on a test run. Miles off the coast of Newport Beach, prosecutors say, Thomas and Jackie Hawks were attacked with a stun gun, handcuffed and gagged with duct tape. After signing over power of attorney to one assailant, they were tied to the boat's 66-pound anchor and thrown overboard.
The couple was reported missing by relatives and police were led to the Deleons, who produced a bill of sale for the yacht and the power of attorney. Authorities believe the bill of sale was falsified. Police also found that Deleon had unsuccessfully tried to access the Hawks' bank account in Arizona using the power of attorney.
This sounds like the plot of a CSI episode.
From a good Democrat family, obviously.
I though this would be more like Ted..
They left out a few details though to spice up the story. He was only an extra on the Power Rangers who has served time in the slammer. His last job was as an apprentice electrician. I just love how he's now a 'former child star'. Yeah right.
He doesn't even show up on imdb.
Read he was an "extra" on the show.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
So he's not on Skorpios with Elvis and Ari...
"He was only an extra on the Power Rangers..."
My daughter LOVED that show, she'll be glad to know it's not one of the stars.
A very dastardly deed this was, I hope these folks get the DP, which will be easier on them than they inflicted on their victims.
Thanks for pointing that out. Now I won't sound like an idiot by saying "Did you know one of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers killed a couple?" next time my friends and I are talking about old TV shows we used to watch.
I am one of the younger people on this board and was a huge fan of the Power Rangers and do not even know who this guy is.
If IMDB.com doesn't list him it usually means he had no speaking role as people who only have one line in one show have an entire page devoted to them.
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