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Nov 18, 2006 2:36 am US/Pacific

Jury Finds Deleon Guilty In Yacht Murders

SANTA ANA (AP) ― A woman has been found guilty of double murder in the killings of a wealthy Newport Beach couple who were slain for their luxury yacht.

Jennifer Deleon was accused of helping her husband and several accomplices kill Tom Hawks, a retired probation officer, and his wife Jackie, 47, in November 2004. According to testimony, the two were tied to an anchor and thrown overboard.

The jury also found true the special circumstance of murder for financial gain.

The prosecution said Deleon, a mother of two, helped her husband Skylar Deleon gain the trust of the Hawkses before the killings by bringing her baby on a visit and helped cover up the murders and lied to investigators.

She could face life in prison without parole.

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