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Alleged murderer of two radio hams faces further charge of trying to kill his own fatherA man accused in the death of ham radio operators Thomas and Jackie Hawks, KD7VWJ, and KD7VWK, is now facing charges that he tried to arrange two more murders. On Monday, July 31st, Skylar Deleon pleaded not guilty in Orange County, California, Superior Court to new allegations that he attempted to solicit the killings of his own father and a cousin while behind prison bars. Deleon, who changed his name from John Jacobson Jr., was arraigned on charges of soliciting a jail inmate to kill his father, John Jacobson Sr., on Jan. 24, 2004. He was also arraigned on a charge of requesting that another inmate kill his cousin, Mike Lewis, on July 26, 2005.
Deleon is awaiting trial on charges of murdering the Hawks who were last seen on Nov. 15, 2004. Prosecutors claim that Deleon approached the couple with an offer to buy their 55-foot yacht called the Well Deserved. The state alleges that Deleon and accomplices then killed the couple when they took him and two other men out for a test run. Prosecutors claim that the couple was handcuffed, tied to an anchor and dumped alive into the ocean after being forced to sign paperwork transferring the boat's title to Deleon. Deleon is also awaiting trial on charges that he killed John Jarvi, of
Anaheim in December 2003 for financial gain.
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