Former child actor, 29-year-old Skylar Deleon (he had a part on the 90s television series “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers”), was sentenced to death Friday in California, the Associated Press reports.
Last year, Deleon was found guilty of the 2003 murder of John Jarvi, a resident of Anaheim who was found dead in Mexico, and of the 2004 murders of Tom and Jackie Hawks, a retired couple who were tied to the anchor of their own yacht and then thrown overboard. According to the news agency AFP, Deleon killed the couple in order to steal their yacht and savings. It is believed that Tom and Jackie Hawks were thrown overboard while still alive. Their bodies were never found.
A jury has also recommended the death penalty for 43-year-old Long Beach gang member John Fitzgerald Kennedy, who was convicted of helping Deleon throw the couple overboard.
In 2006, Deleon’s ex-wife was sentenced to two terms of life in prison without parole for her role in the two slayings and a man by the name of Alonso Machain, who was on board the yacht at the time of the gruesome murders, is currently awaiting trial after cooperating with the authorities.