Sunday, April 12, 2009

A Power Ranger (Extra) Sentenced to Death


I have posted this story before, but now it is coming to an end.

This is bizarre

From the news:
Convicted murderer Skylar Deleon, 29, of Long Beach, Calif.,was sentenced Friday to die by lethal injection for three slayings, including the murders at sea of a couple forced to sign over ownership of their yacht, then tied to an anchor and thrown overboard.

Thomas and Jackie Hawks, who were living aboard their 16-metre yacht, called the Well Deserved, were murdered on Nov. 15,2004, after showing the boat to Deleon. The couple had hoped to sell the boat and move to Arizona to help raise their newborn grandson.


Deleon's five-week trial ended in November, when he was convicted of three counts of first-degree murder. During closing arguments, prosecutor Matt Murphy called the murders" diabolical and heartless," saying Deleon showed no remorse and was after money.


He was behind bars when he persuaded fellow inmate Jon Peter Jarvi, 45, of Anaheim, Calif., to give him more than $50,000, purportedly to take part in an investment opportunity. Instead, Deleon later killed Jarvi in Mexico by slashing his throat and leaving him to die at the side of a road.


Skylar was a Power Ranger extra. He said he killed the couple so he could use the money for a sex change...sad stuff.

3 comments:

Eric Arvin said...

Wow

D.J. said...

He was not a ranger...just an extra. The sanctity of the Power Rangers remains untarnished.

Ian said...

How twisted. I remember hearing about the couple at sea he killed. So sad...

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