probably old as shit, but here it is anyway

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/08/16/yacht.murders.reut/


SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) -- A former child actor and his wife were ordered to stand trial 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 November 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.

8/22/2005 11:29:38 PM

sofuckingold

8/22/2005 11:30:02 PM

eh, new to me. i'm sure there's someone like me living under a rock who didn't know about it

8/22/2005 11:31:39 PM

I haven't been living under a rock, but I haven't heard about it. Was he part of the original cast? That's the only Power Rangers I watched.

8/22/2005 11:33:05 PM

where does it say he was a power ranger?

seriously?

this shouldn't even be national news

he's just some guy

who was in a tv show 10 years ago for 10 seconds max

nobody cares

8/22/2005 11:39:18 PM

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"who once starred in the "Power Rangers" TV series"

im guessing he was in it for more than 10seconds but no idea whether he was a ranger or not

8/22/2005 11:40:44 PM

i just googled it, apparently he was an extra or something. this is why i wish deleting threads was a possibility for someone other than bartleby

8/22/2005 11:41:55 PM

haha well then this has even less meaning. oh well.

8/22/2005 11:43:47 PM

Damn, an extra? Fucking CNN should've never ran that story period. I thought (briefly) that he could've been the original red ranger, but it didn't take me long to rule that out.

8/22/2005 11:43:55 PM

nah the original red was austin st. john............and yes i knew that............off the top of my head................i'm such a pussy

8/22/2005 11:46:19 PM

THEY SHOULD HAVE RUN THE STORY ABOUT A GUY TYING PEOPLE TO A FUCKING ANCHOR

THATS THE REAL STORY

sadistic fuck

8/22/2005 11:48:25 PM

CNN sucks

8/23/2005 7:52:34 PM

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"40-year-old gang member John Fitzgerald Kennedy "

WTF

8/23/2005 8:08:11 PM

If it wasn't the Amy Johnson "Pink Ranger" chick... I don't give a fuck.

8/23/2005 9:16:35 PM

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"THEY SHOULD HAVE RUN THE STORY ABOUT A GUY TYING PEOPLE TO A FUCKING ANCHOR THATS THE REAL STORY sadistic fuck"

8/23/2005 9:31:38 PM

^^ doesn't she still star on some TV show today?



I know I've seen her on something, and I can't say "Amy Jo Johnson," I jsut say "The Pink Ranger"

8/24/2005 1:55:06 AM

^ She was on "Felicity" for a while and I think since then has been in a few pilots/short-lived series but I don't think anything that's ongoing right now.

8/24/2005 4:22:22 AM

damn, she's killer. that's what i get for never watching stupid tv shows.

8/24/2005 7:15:33 AM