“Fatal Fortune” | Tom & Jackie Hawks

Update: 2025-12-29

Description

Jim recounts the story retired couple living their dream aboard their luxury yacht, “Well Deserved,” the Hawks were eager to sell their floating home to start a new chapter closer to family. But in November 2004, a test cruise with prospective buyers turned deadly when they were overpowered, bound to an anchor, and thrown overboard off the coast of Newport Beach.

Jim unravel’s the crime orchestrated by Skylar Deleon—a former child actor from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers—along with accomplices including his wife Jennifer Henderson and others. Driven by greed and deception, the killers targeted the Hawks for their yacht and life savings, leading to a chilling confession from a key insider that cracked the case wide open. Tune in for a voyage you won’t forget on this episode of the “Fatal Fortune” series presented by Exposed: Scandalous Files of the Elite.

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Timestamps
05:23 Meet “The Hawks”
19:15 The Horrific Yacht Murder
21:31 The Investigation Begins
27:14 Arresting Skylar Deleon
30:50 A “Well Deserved” Sentence
35:16 The Transition in Prison

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