Murders of Thomas and Jackie Hawks
| Murders of Thomas and Jackie Hawks | |
|---|---|
| Location | Newport Beach, California, U.S. |
| Date | November 15, 2004 |
Attack type | Double-murder by drowning |
| Victims | Thomas and Jackie Hawks |
| Perpetrators |
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| Motive | Financial gain |
| Verdict | Deleon, Henderson, Kennedy: Guilty on all counts Machain, Gardner: Pleaded guilty |
| Convictions | Deleon, Kennedy First-degree murder with special circumstances (2 counts) Henderson: First-degree murder (2 counts) Machain:
Accessory after-the-fact |
| Sentence | Deleon, Kennedy: Death (de jure) Henderson: Two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole Machain: 20+1⁄3 years in prison Gardner: 1 year in jail |
Thomas and Jackie Hawks were a couple from Prescott, Arizona, United States, who were murdered in 2004.
In April 2009, Skylar Julius Deleon and Jennifer Henderson were convicted of charges relating to their murders. Deleon was sentenced to death while Henderson was sentenced to two terms of life in prison without parole. Two other people, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Alonso Machain, were convicted separately of the killings. Kennedy was sentenced to death, and Machain accepted a plea bargain after testifying for the prosecution in the trials of Deleon, Henderson, and Kennedy. He was sentenced to 20 years and four months in prison.