{"id":120789,"date":"2023-11-05T12:19:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T12:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?p=120789"},"modified":"2023-11-05T12:19:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T12:19:17","slug":"couple-tied-to-their-own-yacht-and-thrown-overboard-to-drown-in-horror-hijack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/couple-tied-to-their-own-yacht-and-thrown-overboard-to-drown-in-horror-hijack\/","title":{"rendered":"Couple tied to their own yacht and thrown overboard to drown in horror hijack"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple were harrowingly killed after trying to sell their yacht to a potential buyer, who turned out to be the evil mastermind in an attempt to steal their vessel.<\/p>\n

Ex-parole officer Tom, 57, and his wife Jackie Hawks, 47, worked hard to retire from their careers early to live on a 55-foot yacht, dubbed Well Deserved, in Newport Beach, California. However, after two years at sea, the couple decided to sell their yacht. <\/p>\n

This led to former child actor Skylar DeLeon to make contact after seeing the for sale advert. DeLeon, who once starred in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, could not afford the boat so hatched a sinister plot on the couple on November 15 in 2004.<\/p>\n

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The murderer and his then pregnant wife, Jennifer, came to look at the boat with two accomplices. They were welcomed on board by the Hawks but as they set sail, the meeting turned violent.<\/p>\n

The couple were overpowered and tortured with tasers, forcing them to sign over their assets to DeLeon. Once he had the signature, they were harrowingly drowned to death after being tied to the boat's anchor and then tossed overboard.<\/p>\n

The Hawks bodies were never recovered. DeLeon, now owner of the yacht, then tried clearing out his victims bank account, but it is unknown how much the couple had.<\/p>\n

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