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Orange county is basically known
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for the rich lifestyle.
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However, that doesn't mean
that life is stable.
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Jackie and Tom
had disappeared.
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Maybe they had taken
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a quick trip down to Mexico
or up to Santa Barbara.
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I'm so glad you could join US
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on our last voyage
on well deserved.
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The hawks, a pair
of seafaring lovebirds,
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had suddenly disappeared.
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When the phone calls stopped
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from Jackie and Tom,
we were devastated.
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The Newport beach
police department
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get their first big break
in the case.
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Someone had walked into the bank
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and were trying to access
the hawks' account.
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This is not looking good.
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The deeper
the detectives looked,
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the darker
the investigation became.
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I see a little,
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partial fingerprint in red,
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and I think, "that's blood."
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Our job was to look at it
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from the possibility
it might be a homicide.
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And a whole league
of accomplices was revealed.
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They're lying.
They're all lying.
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We were hoping to god
they'd find them.
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Alive.
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Orange county,
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a glittering
southern California gem.
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It's both home and playground
to some of the wealthiest people
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in the world.
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Beautiful location to live,
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raise your children, shop.
Dream.
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When you finally hit
those lottery numbers,
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that's where you want to live.
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The wealth there is tremendous.
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At the heart of
orange county's glitzy riviera,
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sits Newport beach,
an alluring alcove nestled
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amidst 40 miles
of pristine beaches
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and swanky yacht harbors.
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The privileged yacht culture
allows immense freedom
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to cruise to the horizon
at the drop of a hat.
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Newport beach is probably
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the most affluent place
in orange county.
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It's been called
the golden orange.
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These homes are very expensive.
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You're talking
tens of millions of dollars.
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Just like every other place
in our country
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and in California,
there's crime here.
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There's people
who are willing to kill
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to-to have this lifestyle.
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Thomas and Jackie hawks,
they just didn't seem
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the kind of people
who would have those problems
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and wind up disappearing
on their families.
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Tom and Jackie hawks were
living the orange county dream.
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They had worked hard,
saved their money,
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bought a beautiful yacht,
were living on it
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in one of the most beautiful
harbors in the world.
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Newport beach, they have
moorings out in the water.
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You can just tie up to a mooring
and you live the life
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on your yacht.
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Life was good.
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Long before Jackie and Tom hawks
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found their charmed life
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off the sunny shores
of orange county,
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Jackie grew up in another world,
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through frigid Ohio winters.
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This is one of my favorites.
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This is Jackie
with her baby doll
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at Christmas in 1959.
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She was adorable.
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When Jackie was born,
she was the happy-go-lucky kid.
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Jackie loved everybody.
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And it just emanated from her.
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She was just wonderful.
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I met Jackie in high school.
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We were fast friends.
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She was my maid of honor.
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And all we did was laugh.
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She was tons and tons of fun.
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Jackie longed
for a life out west,
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where the sun was warm
and anything seemed possible.
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So at 18, she left for Arizona
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and soon met her own dreamboat,
Tom hawks.
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Here they come.
Here's Thomas, in all his glory.
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When she met Tom,
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you could tell he truly loved
her and she was crazy about him.
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In love with you.
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I love you, too.
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Tom was a probation officer
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and a bodybuilder.
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He was a fun-loving guy.
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He was always playing jokes.
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You are such a big boy.
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I'm a big boy.
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I liked him.
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He was good to my daughter.
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And now the bride.
-Aw.
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They had a
Hawaiian-themed wedding
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at their house in Arizona.
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There were hundreds
of people there.
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Jackie, she was gorgeous.
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...faithful husband
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as long as you both
shall live?
-I do.
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Jackie, do you take this man
to be your wedded husband?
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I do.
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Matt and Ryan are Tom's boys,
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from when he was married before.
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She loved his kids.
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Jackie always wanted
to be a mother,
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but, um, she couldn't
ever have children.
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She accepted it, and here
is this man with two children.
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It turned out great.
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Jackie and Tom,
they had a very busy life.
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They were entrepreneurs.
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They went and bought
this 65-foot boat.
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It was beautiful.
It was all teak.
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And they named it
the well deserved,
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because they had saved
so long for it.
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They both retired early
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so they could live
on their boat in Newport beach.
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Tom originally
was from California,
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and they liked orange county.
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It's like a rich man's paradise.
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Orange county called
to Tom and Jackie.
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Like a beacon,
it drew them into a world
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of endless freedom
on the sparkling seas,
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and a lifestyle desired by many,
but attained by few.
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She was actually
living her dreams.
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She would send me shells
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from different places
that she was at.
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They called US every weekend.
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And, we'd talk for a while,
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just catch up on what they were
doing and where they were at.
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But Tom and Jackie's
California dream wouldn't last.
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In November of 2004,
family members
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became unsettled when they
couldn't get in touch with them.
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I tried to call Jackie
because she hadn't called me.
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Call went right to voice mail.
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I thought, "well, she's...
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...down scuba diving
or they're busy,"
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so I waited a while
and I called again.
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Went right to voice mail.
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And I knew...
Something's wrong.
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Back in November 2004,
a missing persons report
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was faxed to our records.
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A couple by the name of Tom
and Jackie hawks were missing.
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When we got this report,
it didn't seem typical.
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From the get-go,
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the circumstances
behind the case told US
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that there was more than
just a simple missing persons.
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The reporting party
was Jim hawks,
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Tom hawks's older brother.
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This missing persons report
was very detailed.
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I learned that this couple,
Tom and Jackie, they loved
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traveling to Mexico
on the drop of a hat,
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but still having
their family connections.
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But on November 15, 2004,
contact stopped.
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There were no phone calls,
no radio messages.
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No texts.
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This was very unlike the hawks,
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to just drop off
the face of the planet
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and not reach out
to their family.
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The family had some theories.
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Matt, their son,
had a new grandbaby,
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and they really wanted
to be with the grandbaby.
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They were living the life
that they dreamed of,
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but they decided that it was
time to go back to Arizona,
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get a residence,
and share with this experience
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of having
a new grandchild arrive.
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Tom and Jackie
told family and friends
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that they had a prospective
buyer for their yacht,
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and it looked like it pretty
much was gonna happen soon.
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Maybe they had
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taken a quick trip down
to Mexico
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or up to Santa Barbara,
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just for a last bon voyage
kind of party.
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But after eight days,
nobody's heard from them,
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and the family and friends
started to wonder,
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what happened to them?
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The longer
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that both Tom and Jackie
weren't heard from,
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the more concern family
and friends had.
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And they were not sure if
the sale of the yacht happened.
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Jim hawks had gone out
on the 23rd of November
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to the boat to try to find
his brother and his wife,
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and they're not there.
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Jim hawks filed
a missing person report.
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It was immediately faxed to the
Newport beach police department,
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where I worked.
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We need to go out there,
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take a look at that boat.
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See if we can find what
happened to these people.
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The well deserved was docked
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in the middle of the harbor.
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So, we board the yacht,
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and right away,
we can tell it's lived-in.
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I went up to the second level,
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I see a little...
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What seems like
a partial fingerprint in red.
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And I think, "that's blood."
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And my first thought is, "okay,
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"something happened
on this boat.
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I need to check in to this."
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We needed to get inside
and find out
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if potentially, Tom
and Jackie hawks were inside,
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injured, being held captive.
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It's exigent circumstances.
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We decide we're gonna
cut that lock,
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and we're gonna go in.
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The more I was told,
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the more distressed I got.
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There may be more to this
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than just a missing persons.
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Now we have a cash transaction.
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How much did she know
or not want to know?
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This is not looking good.
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Jackie and Tom hawks were living
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the picture-perfect o.C. Life
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aboard their yacht,
the well deserved,
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when they mysteriously
disappeared.
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Detectives uncovered
a possible bloodstain
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on the exterior of the yacht,
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which gave them
probable cause to enter.
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We cut the lock
on the door and...
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...there's no one there.
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I notice the boat is lived-in.
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It's not terribly messy,
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but it's not neat, either,
which is the opposite of what
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James hawks describes
his brother,
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as being very meticulous
and neat.
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Had to explore the possibility
that it's changed hands.
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I see personal pictures
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and plaques and things
that you wouldn't leave
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on a boat you sold.
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There were family things.
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There's little flags
that go off in your head
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that just aren't right.
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Couldn't find anything that
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would really raise
the suspicions
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that any type of crime
had occurred.
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But we needed to really
clear up what's going on
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and look into this.
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It was noted
in the missing person report
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that the potential buyers
of this yacht
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were a young couple,
Skylar and Jennifer deleon.
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We needed to talk to them,
because they
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potentially were the last people
to see the hawks.
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Skylar and Jennifer
were located
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in the city of long beach.
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They were living
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in Jennifer's parents' house.
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In long beach, they have
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a middle-class lifestyle.
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The deleons had
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a background that wasn't rich,
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yet sometimes lived
kind of a rich lifestyle.
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My first impression of Skylar,
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he was very soft-spoken.
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They had a small child
with them,
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and it was obvious
that Jennifer was pregnant.
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We advised them
that we were investigating
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a missing person case involving
Tom and Jackie hawks.
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Both Skylar and Jennifer said
that they were very concerned
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about the hawks themselves,
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and that they had been actively
looking for the hawks.
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Skylar confirmed buying
the vessel,
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that he had purchased it
with cash, and...
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They were considering living
on the vessel.
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Jennifer explained to me
that the hawks still had
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numerous items of personal
property on the vessel
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and that they needed
to get 'em off,
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so that they could move
their own property in.
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How was it possible that
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this young long beach couple
living with their parents
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could afford to purchase
a luxe yacht?
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Was the sale of
the well deserved legitimate?
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A bill of sale
would have sealed the deal.
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Skylar produced
the paperwork that documented
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the sale
of the well deserved to them.
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It appeared to be legitimate.
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It had a price.
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It was notarized.
It was witnessed.
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Fingerprints were applied.
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Skylar told me
that he had the cash,
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which was in a large briefcase--
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three-quarters
of a million dollars--
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and that he simply slid
this briefcase
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across the hood of the car,
and that Tom hawks
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had opened it up and appeared
very nervous but excited.
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Both Tom and Jackie entered
their vehicle
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with this three-quarter
million dollars in cash
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and drove away in their Honda,
and that that was the last time
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that, Skylar and Jennifer
had seen the hawks.
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I confronted Skylar.
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I go, "you're a young man,
and that's quite a lot of money.
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How is it that you were able
to afford this?"
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Skylar told me
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he was a child actor
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and also dabbled
in real estate in Mexico.
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I started pressing Skylar,
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'cause this wasn't ringing true.
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If he legitimately had
this much wealth,
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why isn't he living
in his own residence?
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Skylar took a pause and said
he wanted to come clean.
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Said that the money that he used
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to purchase the hawks' vessel,
the well deserved,
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was money that he had earned
from the sale of narcotics.
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Skylar was a self-proclaimed
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socal cocaine cowboy.
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By purchasing a yacht
from the hawks,
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he was effectively washing
his money
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in the waves
of the pacific ocean.
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I knew that
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what Skylar just did was
admitted to money laundering.
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That kind of took me aback,
'cause then I'm thinking,
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okay, he just admitted
to a felony he didn't have to.
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That would just give it
more legitimacy to me.
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At this point, my gut told me
that maybe Skylar and Jennifer
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00:14:14,596 --> 00:14:16,679
weren't involved
with the hawks being missing.
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Now we have a cash transaction.
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00:14:18,349 --> 00:14:20,525
That means
the hawks took custody
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00:14:20,527 --> 00:14:23,352
of almost three-quarter
of a million dollars in cash
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00:14:23,354 --> 00:14:25,354
and drove away.
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This is not looking good.
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00:14:28,276 --> 00:14:30,818
When the detectives look
at the paperwork, they get
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two more pieces of information.
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00:14:32,697 --> 00:14:34,697
One, that there's a witness
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who saw the sale,
and that was Alonso machain.
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00:14:37,452 --> 00:14:38,868
There's also...
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00:14:38,870 --> 00:14:40,995
A notary
who witnessed the sale,
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00:14:40,997 --> 00:14:42,622
and that's Kathleen Harris.
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00:14:42,624 --> 00:14:44,665
Could that briefcase of cash
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00:14:44,667 --> 00:14:49,003
have given one of the witnesses
motive to turn on the hawks?
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00:14:49,005 --> 00:14:51,172
Alonso machain was
a friend of Skylar's.
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00:14:51,174 --> 00:14:53,507
He maintained the same story,
that he was present,
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00:14:53,509 --> 00:14:54,884
he witnessed a...
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00:14:54,886 --> 00:14:56,677
Suitcase full of money
being transferred,
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00:14:56,679 --> 00:14:58,846
and,
he never even went on the boat,
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00:14:58,848 --> 00:15:01,566
he just went home after that;
He was doing a favor for Skylar.
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00:15:01,568 --> 00:15:04,310
We also talked
to Kathleen Harris.
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00:15:04,312 --> 00:15:07,021
She was certified by the state
as a notary.
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00:15:07,023 --> 00:15:10,358
She seems very up-front
and honest-- she says,
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00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:12,234
"this one stands out
and is unique,
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00:15:12,236 --> 00:15:14,820
because we did it on site
in Newport beach."
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00:15:14,822 --> 00:15:16,864
And she actually gave
the location
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00:15:16,866 --> 00:15:19,700
of 15th street on the bay,
which was where Skylar
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00:15:19,702 --> 00:15:21,869
had claimed this transaction
had taken place.
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00:15:21,871 --> 00:15:23,496
Every one of these witnesses
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00:15:23,498 --> 00:15:25,414
were all maintaining
the same story.
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00:15:25,416 --> 00:15:27,875
Skylar and Jennifer deleon
did not hesitate
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00:15:27,877 --> 00:15:30,670
in giving permission for US
to search and take custody
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00:15:30,672 --> 00:15:32,004
of the vessel.
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00:15:32,006 --> 00:15:33,881
The crew that went out to search
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00:15:33,883 --> 00:15:36,092
and conduct a CSI investigation
on the well deserved
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00:15:36,094 --> 00:15:38,928
did not recover anything
of significance.
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00:15:38,930 --> 00:15:40,721
The initial statement,
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00:15:40,723 --> 00:15:42,932
detective montero had observed
that he thought
360
00:15:42,934 --> 00:15:44,943
might have been,
blood of some type
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00:15:44,945 --> 00:15:46,861
actually turned out to be rust.
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00:15:48,281 --> 00:15:50,448
So we were kind of grasping
at straws,
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00:15:50,450 --> 00:15:53,859
'cause we were coming up
with leads fairly quickly
364
00:15:53,861 --> 00:15:55,870
early on in the investigation,
but then it stalled.
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00:16:02,462 --> 00:16:04,912
When the phone calls stopped
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00:16:04,914 --> 00:16:07,623
from Jackie and Tom,
we were devastated.
367
00:16:07,625 --> 00:16:12,586
Gayle kept me informed
of what was going on.
368
00:16:12,588 --> 00:16:14,714
The more I was told...
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00:16:14,716 --> 00:16:16,549
The more distressed I got.
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00:16:16,551 --> 00:16:19,218
I could not believe it.
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00:16:19,220 --> 00:16:20,970
I mean, they were missing.
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00:16:20,972 --> 00:16:24,306
This is our last trip
to the island
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00:16:24,308 --> 00:16:26,317
because, we sold the boat.
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00:16:26,319 --> 00:16:30,438
Tom was a little ambivalent
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00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:32,314
about the sale of that boat.
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00:16:32,316 --> 00:16:36,736
He said, "how does a kid
come up with that much money?"
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00:16:36,738 --> 00:16:38,237
But Jackie was really happy
378
00:16:38,239 --> 00:16:42,450
that they were selling
the boat to someone
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00:16:42,452 --> 00:16:44,076
that had a family.
380
00:16:44,078 --> 00:16:48,172
I think it put
Jackie's mind at ease.
381
00:16:48,174 --> 00:16:51,459
I'm so glad you could join US
on our last voyage
382
00:16:51,461 --> 00:16:53,344
on well deserved.
383
00:16:53,346 --> 00:16:55,680
Jackie and Tom
would never leave
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00:16:55,682 --> 00:16:58,257
and not notify people
where they were gonna be.
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00:16:58,259 --> 00:17:01,177
You just keep hoping
in the back of your mind
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00:17:01,179 --> 00:17:03,396
that they're safe.
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00:17:04,357 --> 00:17:07,767
So in the third week
of the hawks being missing,
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00:17:07,769 --> 00:17:10,186
the police department is
still looking for them.
389
00:17:10,188 --> 00:17:15,608
They're not quite getting as
much information as they want
390
00:17:15,610 --> 00:17:16,942
until, finally,
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00:17:16,944 --> 00:17:18,652
there's been some activity
392
00:17:18,654 --> 00:17:20,288
at the hawks's bank.
393
00:17:28,530 --> 00:17:32,333
It had been three weeks since
Jackie and Tom hawks vanished
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00:17:32,335 --> 00:17:35,053
from the affluent community
of Newport beach.
395
00:17:35,055 --> 00:17:36,888
And it was worrisome
that when last sighted,
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00:17:36,890 --> 00:17:39,048
they were allegedly driving away
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00:17:39,050 --> 00:17:40,508
from the sale of their yacht
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00:17:40,510 --> 00:17:43,177
with close to a million
in cash.
399
00:17:43,179 --> 00:17:46,397
As detectives scoured
the shimmering o.C. Harbors,
400
00:17:46,399 --> 00:17:49,391
some suspicious activity
on the hawks' bank account
401
00:17:49,393 --> 00:17:51,027
raised an alarm.
402
00:17:52,188 --> 00:17:54,188
The bank manager said that
403
00:17:54,190 --> 00:17:55,397
someone had walked
into the bank and were trying
404
00:17:55,399 --> 00:17:57,233
to access the hawks' account.
405
00:17:57,235 --> 00:18:00,569
They were in possession of
a durable power of attorney,
406
00:18:00,571 --> 00:18:03,030
which was signed by
both Tom and Jackie hawks.
407
00:18:03,032 --> 00:18:05,491
This document basically
allowed access
408
00:18:05,493 --> 00:18:07,827
to all of the hawks' accounts.
409
00:18:07,829 --> 00:18:10,079
The customer service
representative
410
00:18:10,081 --> 00:18:13,374
basically says, "we're gonna
have to check this out."
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00:18:13,376 --> 00:18:17,086
So she actually flagged
the bank accounts.
412
00:18:17,088 --> 00:18:19,004
And told them that they'd have
to return with a court order
413
00:18:19,006 --> 00:18:20,714
before she'd hand over
any of the hawks' money.
414
00:18:20,716 --> 00:18:24,268
A freeze-frame of the video
was faxed to US,
415
00:18:24,270 --> 00:18:25,770
and to our surprise,
416
00:18:25,772 --> 00:18:28,514
we identified
the two individuals as being
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00:18:28,516 --> 00:18:30,108
Skylar and Jennifer deleon.
418
00:18:30,110 --> 00:18:33,686
Not only could we
identify their faces,
419
00:18:33,688 --> 00:18:37,356
but we saw an ear-to-ear grin
on Jennifer's face at the time.
420
00:18:37,358 --> 00:18:40,952
This is definitely an
incriminating piece of evidence
421
00:18:40,954 --> 00:18:42,361
against Skylar and Jennifer.
422
00:18:42,363 --> 00:18:44,738
Their apparent concern
423
00:18:44,740 --> 00:18:46,282
for the hawks's well-being
424
00:18:46,284 --> 00:18:47,792
or trying to find them,
425
00:18:47,794 --> 00:18:49,243
that no longer played.
426
00:18:49,245 --> 00:18:51,579
That just didn't make any sense.
427
00:18:51,581 --> 00:18:53,131
'Cause if they were truly
doing that, what are they doing
428
00:18:53,133 --> 00:18:54,874
trying to access and basically
drain their accounts?
429
00:18:54,876 --> 00:18:56,417
Also...
430
00:18:56,419 --> 00:18:58,970
We were able to find out
that Skylar deleon was
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00:18:58,972 --> 00:19:00,546
on active probation
432
00:19:00,548 --> 00:19:02,464
for armed burglary.
433
00:19:02,466 --> 00:19:03,757
Our suspicions were raised
434
00:19:03,759 --> 00:19:06,302
why Skylar would possess
this document.
435
00:19:06,304 --> 00:19:08,971
It was a big break,
and we needed it.
436
00:19:08,973 --> 00:19:10,472
Sunshine and smiles
437
00:19:10,474 --> 00:19:12,641
can be deceiving
in orange county,
438
00:19:12,643 --> 00:19:14,476
so why would the hawks
have trusted Skylar
439
00:19:14,478 --> 00:19:15,987
with their assets?
440
00:19:15,989 --> 00:19:18,272
The detectives need some way
441
00:19:18,274 --> 00:19:19,982
to get Skylar to come back in
442
00:19:19,984 --> 00:19:22,443
so he doesn't suspect anything.
443
00:19:22,445 --> 00:19:23,819
And they say, "hey, we're gonna
give you your boat back,
444
00:19:23,821 --> 00:19:25,329
"but you just need to come in
445
00:19:25,331 --> 00:19:27,415
and answer
a few more questions."
446
00:19:34,841 --> 00:19:36,498
Skylar proceeded to tell me that
447
00:19:36,500 --> 00:19:40,127
he had spoken with Thomas hawks
about their future plans,
448
00:19:40,129 --> 00:19:42,847
and they wanted
this vacation house in Mexico.
449
00:19:42,849 --> 00:19:45,507
Skylar told them he'd be more
than willing to assist him,
450
00:19:45,509 --> 00:19:47,018
but in order to do that,
451
00:19:47,020 --> 00:19:49,854
he'd need to open
several accounts in Mexico
452
00:19:49,856 --> 00:19:51,772
in Thomas
and Jackie hawks's name.
453
00:20:00,441 --> 00:20:01,699
And...
454
00:20:04,779 --> 00:20:07,947
Well, a durable power of
attorney just makes no sense
455
00:20:07,949 --> 00:20:09,990
in the sale of anything,
but here we had
456
00:20:09,992 --> 00:20:14,536
a notarized durable power
of attorney, which gave over
457
00:20:14,538 --> 00:20:16,455
all of Tom and
Jackie hawks's assets
458
00:20:16,457 --> 00:20:17,623
to the deleons.
459
00:20:17,625 --> 00:20:20,051
He gave US an excuse
460
00:20:20,053 --> 00:20:21,168
why he had the durable
power of attorney,
461
00:20:21,170 --> 00:20:22,461
but no one bought it.
462
00:20:22,463 --> 00:20:27,299
The family was concerned,
and rightly so.
463
00:20:27,301 --> 00:20:29,969
All their papers giving them
power of attorney,
464
00:20:29,971 --> 00:20:31,512
when I heard that,
465
00:20:31,514 --> 00:20:33,639
I knew better
that Tom and Jackie
466
00:20:33,641 --> 00:20:34,974
would never do that kind...
467
00:20:34,976 --> 00:20:36,809
They had too much
business sense.
468
00:20:36,811 --> 00:20:39,478
An FBI lab had
verified thumbprints,
469
00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:41,572
and the signatures appeared
to belong
470
00:20:41,574 --> 00:20:43,741
to both Tom and Jackie hawks.
471
00:20:43,743 --> 00:20:45,743
There was one exception,
however.
472
00:20:45,745 --> 00:20:49,321
The hawks' last name
was spelled h-a-w-k-s.
473
00:20:49,323 --> 00:20:53,075
On Jackie's, it looks as if
she had signed
474
00:20:53,077 --> 00:20:55,744
Jackie hawk
and omitted the "s."
475
00:20:55,746 --> 00:20:57,162
It was cursive writing,
476
00:20:57,164 --> 00:20:59,748
and it almost looked like
someone, after the fact,
477
00:20:59,750 --> 00:21:01,250
had added a printed "s."
478
00:21:01,252 --> 00:21:04,378
When I see any documents
altered like that,
479
00:21:04,380 --> 00:21:06,338
whether it's this case
or any case,
480
00:21:06,340 --> 00:21:08,716
that raises your suspicions
as the authenticity,
481
00:21:08,718 --> 00:21:10,718
that it's maybe not genuine.
482
00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:14,096
There was a number of things
going through my mind,
483
00:21:14,098 --> 00:21:15,790
but one is that they were
the victim of foul play.
484
00:21:17,268 --> 00:21:21,854
For them to all of a sudden
cut off all connection
485
00:21:21,856 --> 00:21:24,523
to their boat, their money,
their bank accounts,
486
00:21:24,525 --> 00:21:26,900
it was pretty obvious that
487
00:21:26,902 --> 00:21:29,578
there may be more to this
than just a missing persons.
488
00:21:31,907 --> 00:21:33,115
While interviewing Skylar,
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00:21:33,117 --> 00:21:35,876
he maintained his statement
every time.
490
00:21:40,249 --> 00:21:42,541
If we were gonna find him
being untruthful
491
00:21:42,543 --> 00:21:43,959
or lying in any
of his statements,
492
00:21:43,961 --> 00:21:46,712
we wanted to try to-to marry him
to those statements.
493
00:21:46,714 --> 00:21:48,639
One of the ways
we did that was
494
00:21:48,641 --> 00:21:50,883
we told Skylar,
"you're sure you've never been
495
00:21:50,885 --> 00:21:52,977
in the hawks' car?"
He would maintain,
496
00:21:52,979 --> 00:21:54,645
"no, the hawks were
given the money
497
00:21:54,647 --> 00:21:56,638
and they drove away, and I've
never seen the vehicle since."
498
00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:58,807
We knew that his DNA
was on the vessel
499
00:21:58,809 --> 00:22:00,434
because he had been on it.
500
00:22:00,436 --> 00:22:03,604
So we wanted to get his DNA to,
to use that as an elimination.
501
00:22:03,606 --> 00:22:06,240
He agreed, consented.
502
00:22:11,572 --> 00:22:14,615
Dave byington always
kept US up to date,
503
00:22:14,617 --> 00:22:16,450
so you don't want
to get your hopes up
504
00:22:16,452 --> 00:22:18,952
until they know something
for sure.
505
00:22:18,954 --> 00:22:22,164
It was very frustrating.
506
00:22:22,166 --> 00:22:23,957
My instinct
507
00:22:23,959 --> 00:22:25,959
was...
508
00:22:25,961 --> 00:22:28,095
Something bad had happened.
509
00:22:32,352 --> 00:22:34,927
It's nothing but frustration
wondering what you could do,
510
00:22:34,929 --> 00:22:37,521
which is nothing.
511
00:22:37,523 --> 00:22:40,849
And, hoping to god
they find them.
512
00:22:40,851 --> 00:22:42,976
Alive.
513
00:22:42,978 --> 00:22:46,313
The once sparkling seas
of Newport beach
514
00:22:46,315 --> 00:22:48,816
turned gray and sullen,
as the fate of the hawks
515
00:22:48,818 --> 00:22:53,037
seemed more dire
with each passing day.
516
00:22:53,039 --> 00:22:55,489
We were desperate to find
Tom and Jackie hawks.
517
00:22:55,491 --> 00:22:58,158
So a lot of the focus
was trying to find
518
00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:00,661
the hawks's vehicle,
the-the Honda cr-v.
519
00:23:00,663 --> 00:23:03,214
This was uploaded
into a national database,
520
00:23:03,216 --> 00:23:04,882
so that if it happened to be
stopped by law enforcement,
521
00:23:04,884 --> 00:23:06,458
they would be alerted.
522
00:23:06,460 --> 00:23:11,222
And it was imperative that
we put it out to the media,
523
00:23:11,224 --> 00:23:12,965
so they could blast it,
'cause they had
524
00:23:12,967 --> 00:23:14,725
a lot further reach
than we ever would.
525
00:23:14,727 --> 00:23:16,510
Police in this affluent
526
00:23:16,512 --> 00:23:20,222
seaside community are puzzled.
The question--
527
00:23:20,224 --> 00:23:24,017
why did Thomas and Jackie hawks
vanish in mid-November
528
00:23:24,019 --> 00:23:27,905
after selling their 55-foot
yacht the well deserved?
529
00:23:27,907 --> 00:23:29,907
The couple's silver Honda cr-v
530
00:23:29,909 --> 00:23:33,411
with Arizona plates
is also missing.
531
00:23:33,413 --> 00:23:35,654
At this point
in the investigation,
532
00:23:35,656 --> 00:23:37,865
all the parties that we can
identify have been interviewed,
533
00:23:37,867 --> 00:23:39,032
but we still haven't had
any leads
534
00:23:39,034 --> 00:23:41,160
to where they're actually at.
535
00:23:41,162 --> 00:23:45,831
The hawks family was doing
the best it could.
536
00:23:45,833 --> 00:23:48,208
They put up flyers,
put out bulletins.
537
00:23:48,210 --> 00:23:51,003
They helped get the word out.
538
00:23:51,005 --> 00:23:52,713
And boom!
539
00:23:52,715 --> 00:23:55,307
Somebody saw the car.
540
00:24:03,516 --> 00:24:07,102
Jackie's coming today,
so waiting to see her.
541
00:24:07,104 --> 00:24:09,563
Hi, honey,
I'm so glad to be home.
542
00:24:09,565 --> 00:24:11,115
She's home.
543
00:24:11,117 --> 00:24:12,783
The disappearance
544
00:24:12,785 --> 00:24:15,360
of Jackie and Tom hawks rocked
545
00:24:15,362 --> 00:24:18,697
the sun-kissed orange county
enclave of Newport beach.
546
00:24:18,699 --> 00:24:21,459
A friend described
Thomas and Jackie hawks
547
00:24:21,461 --> 00:24:23,368
as a happy, loving couple,
548
00:24:23,370 --> 00:24:24,953
something that makes the news
549
00:24:24,955 --> 00:24:26,038
of their suspicious
disappearance
550
00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:28,415
all the more shocking.
551
00:24:28,417 --> 00:24:30,375
Sometimes stoking the media
552
00:24:30,377 --> 00:24:33,045
can bring new answers
to the surface.
553
00:24:33,047 --> 00:24:35,547
The Newport beach
police department
554
00:24:35,549 --> 00:24:37,966
get their first big break
in the case.
555
00:24:37,968 --> 00:24:39,310
There's a woman
556
00:24:39,312 --> 00:24:43,972
who saw that silver
Honda cr-v on TV.
557
00:24:43,974 --> 00:24:46,266
And she calls up the police
department and she says,
558
00:24:46,268 --> 00:24:48,435
"I'm looking at this car
right now."
559
00:24:48,437 --> 00:24:50,729
It's a young lady
in Baja, Mexico.
560
00:24:50,731 --> 00:24:52,823
We asked, "can you take
a picture with your phone
561
00:24:52,825 --> 00:24:54,149
and send it to US?"
562
00:24:54,151 --> 00:24:55,659
And that's exactly what she did.
563
00:24:57,830 --> 00:25:00,831
Here we are, our whole group
of detectives, huddled around
564
00:25:00,833 --> 00:25:03,417
the computer, looking at Tom
and Jackie hawks's car.
565
00:25:05,505 --> 00:25:08,747
My heart, my head was
telling me that the potential
566
00:25:08,749 --> 00:25:10,332
was that the hawks
were with that car
567
00:25:10,334 --> 00:25:12,084
and we'll be able to find
that they're just fine,
568
00:25:12,086 --> 00:25:14,336
you know, and that
we can close the case.
569
00:25:14,338 --> 00:25:16,088
But, at least, we had a lead,
570
00:25:16,090 --> 00:25:19,132
something we could
actively work on.
571
00:25:19,134 --> 00:25:21,352
We had to start
circling the wagons
572
00:25:21,354 --> 00:25:23,845
to figure out how we were gonna
get down there to Mexico
573
00:25:23,847 --> 00:25:25,105
and take custody
of that vehicle.
574
00:25:28,143 --> 00:25:30,269
American law enforcement,
once you cross the border,
575
00:25:30,271 --> 00:25:32,854
you no longer have
any powers of arrest.
576
00:25:32,856 --> 00:25:34,856
For a police officer,
that's huge.
577
00:25:34,858 --> 00:25:36,650
You have no say-so
whatsoever in Mexico.
578
00:25:36,652 --> 00:25:38,151
It's someone else's house.
579
00:25:38,153 --> 00:25:39,444
You have to play by their rules.
580
00:25:39,446 --> 00:25:41,446
Dave byington and his crew
581
00:25:41,448 --> 00:25:42,873
drove straight down there
582
00:25:42,875 --> 00:25:45,376
to talk to the police,
in, Mexico.
583
00:25:45,378 --> 00:25:47,878
And they all together
went to this house.
584
00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:49,129
And there's the car.
585
00:25:53,669 --> 00:25:55,386
We all first laid eyes
on the hawks' car
586
00:25:55,388 --> 00:25:56,878
and saw the plates,
everything matched up,
587
00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:59,673
so number one,
we have the right car.
588
00:25:59,675 --> 00:26:01,675
The owner of the house told
589
00:26:01,677 --> 00:26:04,395
law enforcement that the vehicle
in the driveway was actually
590
00:26:04,397 --> 00:26:07,347
a gift that was given
to his son.
591
00:26:07,349 --> 00:26:10,017
And at that point, the older
Mexican gentleman says
592
00:26:10,019 --> 00:26:11,443
his name was Skylar deleon.
593
00:26:12,730 --> 00:26:15,030
And then I heard the name
Jennifer deleon.
594
00:26:16,150 --> 00:26:17,816
So my heart stopped
right there.
595
00:26:17,818 --> 00:26:19,743
'Cause I go, "they're lying."
596
00:26:19,745 --> 00:26:23,196
Witnesses that had participated
in this alleged transaction--
597
00:26:23,198 --> 00:26:26,083
Alonso machain,
Kathleen Harris--
598
00:26:26,085 --> 00:26:27,242
they're all lying.
599
00:26:27,244 --> 00:26:30,829
This man said, "yeah,
600
00:26:30,831 --> 00:26:34,666
"they showed up on November 26
in two separate cars.
601
00:26:34,668 --> 00:26:37,210
"One of them was
the silver Honda cr-v.
602
00:26:37,212 --> 00:26:39,713
"And they basically
handed it over
603
00:26:39,715 --> 00:26:42,049
and said,
'here, this is yours.'"
604
00:26:42,051 --> 00:26:44,760
so now I knew at that moment
605
00:26:44,762 --> 00:26:47,512
that Jennifer had been
down there, as well as Skylar.
606
00:26:47,514 --> 00:26:50,098
The hawks never drove away
in their vehicle.
607
00:26:50,100 --> 00:26:51,358
There was no transaction.
608
00:26:56,857 --> 00:26:58,732
We advised
the Mexican authorities
609
00:26:58,734 --> 00:27:00,525
that we needed to take
possession of the vehicle
610
00:27:00,527 --> 00:27:02,861
and transport it back
to the United States.
611
00:27:02,863 --> 00:27:05,739
The lieutenant explained to US
that it would involve
612
00:27:05,741 --> 00:27:08,075
a lot of paperwork and that we'd
have to complete that paperwork
613
00:27:08,077 --> 00:27:10,202
at their office,
which was an hour away.
614
00:27:10,204 --> 00:27:12,913
We finally found this car
that we'd been searching
615
00:27:12,915 --> 00:27:15,791
for desperately, and now
we're told that we need
616
00:27:15,793 --> 00:27:19,294
to leave it there
and go fill out paperwork.
617
00:27:19,296 --> 00:27:20,879
Investigation 101--
if you've got evidence,
618
00:27:20,881 --> 00:27:22,973
you want to preserve it
as best you can.
619
00:27:22,975 --> 00:27:25,133
My concern was
that someone was gonna remove
620
00:27:25,135 --> 00:27:26,551
potential evidence
from that vehicle
621
00:27:26,553 --> 00:27:28,312
or tamper with it somehow.
622
00:27:28,314 --> 00:27:29,647
Luckily I had a senior
623
00:27:29,649 --> 00:27:32,483
CSI investigator with US
and I explained to him
624
00:27:32,485 --> 00:27:35,110
we're allowed to process it,
but we can't take anything.
625
00:27:37,064 --> 00:27:39,272
He was swabbing
the steering wheel,
626
00:27:39,274 --> 00:27:41,441
the rearview mirror, the knobs
627
00:27:41,443 --> 00:27:43,443
on the heater and radio,
so he did
628
00:27:43,445 --> 00:27:45,737
a very thorough job
in a very quick, short time.
629
00:27:45,739 --> 00:27:48,448
We were able to process
the vehicle partially,
630
00:27:48,450 --> 00:27:50,834
but the vehicle was still
in Mexican custody.
631
00:27:50,836 --> 00:27:54,329
So we ended up going directly
to the police department.
632
00:27:54,331 --> 00:27:56,998
Finally I'm given the keys.
633
00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:00,085
And we made a plan
that I would drive,
634
00:28:00,087 --> 00:28:02,504
Tom and Jackie's car
back across the border.
635
00:28:02,506 --> 00:28:06,684
I tried to reduce my DNA
imprint as much as I could.
636
00:28:06,686 --> 00:28:08,593
I double gloved.
637
00:28:08,595 --> 00:28:10,846
Put, booties
around my shoes.
638
00:28:10,848 --> 00:28:13,190
I was on an emotional
roller coaster.
639
00:28:13,192 --> 00:28:15,642
I was still trying to process
the fact that the hawks
640
00:28:15,644 --> 00:28:17,436
could be dead,
murdered by Skylar
641
00:28:17,438 --> 00:28:19,479
and potentially his wife.
642
00:28:19,481 --> 00:28:21,865
I knew the dominoes
were gonna start to fall.
643
00:28:21,867 --> 00:28:24,535
This was gonna be the thing
that got US to the next step.
644
00:28:24,537 --> 00:28:27,154
Detectives anxiously awaited
645
00:28:27,156 --> 00:28:30,115
DNA proof from the hawks'
vehicle to make an arrest
646
00:28:30,117 --> 00:28:34,002
and compel an explanation
from the shifty deleons.
647
00:28:35,381 --> 00:28:39,541
I worried about
Jackie and Tom a lot.
648
00:28:39,543 --> 00:28:41,460
You just want it
to be over with,
649
00:28:41,462 --> 00:28:44,880
but you want to know
what's going on and...
650
00:28:44,882 --> 00:28:46,548
It's desperation.
651
00:28:46,550 --> 00:28:49,393
You wish you could do something,
but what can you do?
652
00:28:49,395 --> 00:28:52,396
You just, um, start thinking
653
00:28:52,398 --> 00:28:55,849
all these horrible thoughts
in your mind.
654
00:28:55,851 --> 00:28:58,018
You can't sleep, you can't eat,
655
00:28:58,020 --> 00:29:00,571
you can't do anything--
just worry.
656
00:29:00,573 --> 00:29:04,566
You kind of think
something bad has happened,
657
00:29:04,568 --> 00:29:06,359
but you hope you're wrong.
658
00:29:06,361 --> 00:29:08,829
You just hope you're so wrong.
659
00:29:16,088 --> 00:29:18,589
The case takes another turn
660
00:29:18,591 --> 00:29:20,999
when Skylar's probation officer
661
00:29:21,001 --> 00:29:24,586
calls the Newport beach
police department and says,
662
00:29:24,588 --> 00:29:27,047
"Skylar's asking for permission
to leave the country."
663
00:29:27,049 --> 00:29:29,716
He says he's got
some job in Bermuda
664
00:29:29,718 --> 00:29:32,344
and he wants to leave."
They don't want to lose Skylar.
665
00:29:32,346 --> 00:29:34,429
They think he could have
murdered the hawks,
666
00:29:34,431 --> 00:29:36,765
but they don't have
a case built for it yet.
667
00:29:36,767 --> 00:29:39,434
So, based on what the probation
officer has said,
668
00:29:39,436 --> 00:29:40,685
they know they've got
to arrest him
669
00:29:40,687 --> 00:29:42,529
and they've got
to arrest him now.
670
00:29:50,956 --> 00:29:53,573
All the witnesses
had lied at this point, so
671
00:29:53,575 --> 00:29:55,375
who was gonna be the first one
to be honest with US?
672
00:29:58,130 --> 00:29:59,379
This devil had a heart.
673
00:30:11,492 --> 00:30:13,468
By this time
on the investigation,
674
00:30:13,470 --> 00:30:15,804
almost a month had gone by.
675
00:30:15,806 --> 00:30:17,147
There's still questions
that needed
676
00:30:17,149 --> 00:30:18,265
to be answered with this case.
677
00:30:18,267 --> 00:30:20,100
While DNA evidence
678
00:30:20,102 --> 00:30:22,152
from the hawks' SUV
was being processed,
679
00:30:22,154 --> 00:30:26,156
detectives learned
that lead suspect Skylar deleon
680
00:30:26,158 --> 00:30:29,734
was attempting to
jump the border to Mexico.
681
00:30:29,736 --> 00:30:31,829
Skylar was on felony probation
682
00:30:31,831 --> 00:30:32,946
for an armed burglary
683
00:30:32,948 --> 00:30:34,832
that had happened
several years prior,
684
00:30:34,834 --> 00:30:37,167
which meant he was
subject to search and seizure,
685
00:30:37,169 --> 00:30:38,335
and didn't have
the-the freedoms
686
00:30:38,337 --> 00:30:39,744
that normal people have.
687
00:30:39,746 --> 00:30:43,415
He had admitted to me freely
that he w-- had purchased
688
00:30:43,417 --> 00:30:46,001
this vessel
with ill-gotten gains,
689
00:30:46,003 --> 00:30:47,502
which constituted
money laundering.
690
00:30:47,504 --> 00:30:50,297
With this concern
he's gonna flee,
691
00:30:50,299 --> 00:30:51,464
we need to get on this now,
692
00:30:51,466 --> 00:30:53,967
'cause if this turns out to be
693
00:30:53,969 --> 00:30:55,969
the homicide case
we think it might be,
694
00:30:55,971 --> 00:30:59,523
last thing we want is
to now go have to find this guy.
695
00:30:59,525 --> 00:31:02,183
Rather than having to
prove up a murder case
696
00:31:02,185 --> 00:31:03,694
in a finite period of time--
697
00:31:03,696 --> 00:31:05,854
'cause the clock starts ticking
once you make the arrest--
698
00:31:05,856 --> 00:31:09,316
we decided that we would arrest
him for the money laundering.
699
00:31:09,318 --> 00:31:11,535
That maybe is a ruse,
but that gave US
700
00:31:11,537 --> 00:31:14,288
a few extra valuable days
to collect more evidence.
701
00:31:16,033 --> 00:31:18,199
I write a search warrant
for the residence,
702
00:31:18,201 --> 00:31:19,710
where Skylar deleon lives,
703
00:31:19,712 --> 00:31:22,329
for evidence
in the money laundering case
704
00:31:22,331 --> 00:31:24,456
as well as anything we may find
that'll answer questions
705
00:31:24,458 --> 00:31:26,758
on what happened to
Thomas and Jackie hawks.
706
00:31:28,721 --> 00:31:29,887
They got the search warrants.
707
00:31:29,889 --> 00:31:33,006
They went to the house
in long beach.
708
00:31:33,008 --> 00:31:34,466
They went inside,
709
00:31:34,468 --> 00:31:36,310
and they got Skylar.
710
00:31:38,230 --> 00:31:40,731
Immediately, Jennifer
had joined him at his side
711
00:31:40,733 --> 00:31:43,516
and was demanding to know
why he was being arrested.
712
00:31:43,518 --> 00:31:45,477
Skylar wasn't, saying much
713
00:31:45,479 --> 00:31:46,978
but,
was obviously distraught,
714
00:31:46,980 --> 00:31:48,155
you could tell.
715
00:31:53,987 --> 00:31:55,528
A calm came over Skylar's face,
716
00:31:55,530 --> 00:31:58,490
almost like he was waiting for
a murder charge to be put on him
717
00:31:58,492 --> 00:31:59,841
and it was
only money laundering.
718
00:32:00,744 --> 00:32:04,537
In this little, tiny,
cramped garage
719
00:32:04,539 --> 00:32:06,081
where Skylar and Jennifer
were living
720
00:32:06,083 --> 00:32:08,083
behind her parents' house,
721
00:32:08,085 --> 00:32:11,419
they found
a whole cache of stuff.
722
00:32:11,421 --> 00:32:13,263
I found a green backpack,
723
00:32:13,265 --> 00:32:16,099
belongs to Skylar deleon.
724
00:32:16,101 --> 00:32:19,937
In that backpack, I find ID
and voter ID information
725
00:32:19,939 --> 00:32:21,772
for Thomas and Jackie hawks.
726
00:32:21,774 --> 00:32:24,441
Those are things
that he has no business having.
727
00:32:26,019 --> 00:32:28,278
They found the hawks's laptop,
728
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:31,064
and they found a whole bunch
of the hawks's personal papers
729
00:32:31,066 --> 00:32:32,199
in a briefcase.
730
00:32:33,527 --> 00:32:35,193
We found a hi8 recorder,
731
00:32:35,195 --> 00:32:37,070
which still had tape in it
732
00:32:37,072 --> 00:32:40,615
of various adventures that
Tom and Jackie took in Mexico.
733
00:32:40,617 --> 00:32:43,451
And as we're watching it,
it abruptly ends,
734
00:32:43,453 --> 00:32:45,787
and then it splits
to some type of celebration
735
00:32:45,789 --> 00:32:49,174
that involved
Skylar and Jennifer's family.
736
00:32:51,753 --> 00:32:55,138
Not only did they steal
this camcorder,
737
00:32:55,140 --> 00:32:57,132
but rather than just putting
their own tape in,
738
00:32:57,134 --> 00:32:59,977
they just taped over
the hawks's memories...
739
00:32:59,979 --> 00:33:03,138
And started creating their own.
740
00:33:03,140 --> 00:33:06,975
Any hope that the hawks were
still alive died right there.
741
00:33:06,977 --> 00:33:09,152
There was no reason for them
to have that stuff.
742
00:33:09,154 --> 00:33:13,231
Jennifer deleon,
there wasn't enough evidence
743
00:33:13,233 --> 00:33:14,825
to show her as an accomplice
at that time.
744
00:33:14,827 --> 00:33:17,152
How much did she know
or not want to know?
745
00:33:17,154 --> 00:33:20,113
Jennifer was being
the good wife and saying,
746
00:33:20,115 --> 00:33:22,115
"my husband didn't do it; I have
nothing to do with this thing."
747
00:33:22,117 --> 00:33:26,503
It's hard to have a murder case
when you don't have any bodies.
748
00:33:26,505 --> 00:33:28,505
So there's more investigation
that needs to happen here,
749
00:33:28,507 --> 00:33:30,582
but the fact that
he's not going anywhere,
750
00:33:30,584 --> 00:33:32,050
that's a big help for US.
751
00:33:37,349 --> 00:33:41,843
When the DNA results came back
from the cr-v,
752
00:33:41,845 --> 00:33:43,854
they hit a bingo.
753
00:33:43,856 --> 00:33:46,639
Skylar's DNA was
on the heater knob.
754
00:33:46,641 --> 00:33:49,693
The fairy tale story
spun by the deleons
755
00:33:49,695 --> 00:33:52,353
didn't hold up
now that the hawks' SUV
756
00:33:52,355 --> 00:33:55,782
was found across the border
with Skylar's DNA inside.
757
00:33:58,153 --> 00:34:00,862
We're working on theories
up to this point
758
00:34:00,864 --> 00:34:02,530
on how this murder
could have occurred,
759
00:34:02,532 --> 00:34:03,865
who was involved in it.
760
00:34:03,867 --> 00:34:06,117
All the witnesses had lied
at this point.
761
00:34:06,119 --> 00:34:08,495
Alonso machain, which was
one of Skylar's friends
762
00:34:08,497 --> 00:34:10,872
that was there to sign
the paperwork as a witness,
763
00:34:10,874 --> 00:34:13,500
and the notary,
Kathleen Harris.
764
00:34:13,502 --> 00:34:16,219
So we had to set them up
for re-interviews
765
00:34:16,221 --> 00:34:18,221
to-to challenge them on that
and to find out
766
00:34:18,223 --> 00:34:20,048
who was gonna be the first one
to be honest with US.
767
00:34:20,050 --> 00:34:23,134
Out of all the witnesses
that had participated
768
00:34:23,136 --> 00:34:24,719
in this alleged transaction
769
00:34:24,721 --> 00:34:27,055
where the hawks had sold
their vessel,
770
00:34:27,057 --> 00:34:30,308
we thought the weak link
might have been Kathleen Harris.
771
00:34:30,310 --> 00:34:33,144
She had no personal ties
to any of these people.
772
00:34:33,146 --> 00:34:35,405
It appeared that she had just
gained financially
773
00:34:35,407 --> 00:34:38,650
by participating as a notary.
774
00:34:38,652 --> 00:34:40,568
We put a lot of pressure
on Kathleen
775
00:34:40,570 --> 00:34:42,162
because we thought
she was lying.
776
00:34:45,584 --> 00:34:46,741
One of my detectives
777
00:34:46,743 --> 00:34:47,793
decided to be the bad cop.
778
00:35:05,220 --> 00:35:08,271
She went from "I remember it"
to "I think I remember it"
779
00:35:08,273 --> 00:35:10,223
to hesitating and vacillating
a little bit.
780
00:35:10,225 --> 00:35:12,234
At least more than she had
in previous interviews.
781
00:35:20,235 --> 00:35:23,027
I think pure fear was driving
her to maintain that line,
782
00:35:23,029 --> 00:35:24,404
but within 24 hours,
783
00:35:24,406 --> 00:35:26,614
we got a phone call
from an attorney
784
00:35:26,616 --> 00:35:28,291
that was representing
Kathleen Harris
785
00:35:28,293 --> 00:35:29,793
and said that she wanted
to make a statement.
786
00:35:29,795 --> 00:35:33,288
And she was given immunity
by the district attorney.
787
00:35:33,290 --> 00:35:36,299
With the pressure
that we put on her,
788
00:35:36,301 --> 00:35:39,085
eventually she did
tell US the truth.
789
00:35:39,087 --> 00:35:43,306
She was actually asked by Skylar
if she would do some
790
00:35:43,308 --> 00:35:46,050
unscrupulous stuff
as a notary,
791
00:35:46,052 --> 00:35:50,147
and she agreed,
for extra money, to do that.
792
00:35:50,149 --> 00:35:53,266
She then proceeded to backdate
these documents
793
00:35:53,268 --> 00:35:55,226
to the date of the alleged sale.
794
00:35:55,228 --> 00:35:56,811
She notarized them
795
00:35:56,813 --> 00:36:00,824
and she collected several
thousand dollars and left.
796
00:36:00,826 --> 00:36:02,492
She never did meet the hawks.
797
00:36:02,494 --> 00:36:06,070
That was our first major break
798
00:36:06,072 --> 00:36:08,415
to get the murder charge
going forward.
799
00:36:10,502 --> 00:36:13,328
Alonso, who was also supposedly
there during this time,
800
00:36:13,330 --> 00:36:15,338
his story matched Skylar's,
801
00:36:15,340 --> 00:36:18,124
which now doesn't match
Kathleen's.
802
00:36:18,126 --> 00:36:19,676
That's when it all
broke apart.
803
00:36:19,678 --> 00:36:22,337
We need to get Alonso.
804
00:36:22,339 --> 00:36:25,298
He's arrestable now because of
the lies we've heard,
805
00:36:25,300 --> 00:36:27,634
but he's also probably
the one person
806
00:36:27,636 --> 00:36:31,095
that may tell US the real truth
about what occurred.
807
00:36:31,097 --> 00:36:32,347
We were trying to get
ahold of him,
808
00:36:32,349 --> 00:36:34,515
and all of a sudden
we discovered he's gone.
809
00:36:34,517 --> 00:36:38,853
He had left not only the city,
the state, but the country.
810
00:36:38,855 --> 00:36:40,772
He had gone back to Mexico
to live with relatives,
811
00:36:40,774 --> 00:36:42,523
fearing that he would
be arrested.
812
00:36:42,525 --> 00:36:46,027
We learned that
Alonso would cooperate
813
00:36:46,029 --> 00:36:49,539
and explain everything
that had happened,
814
00:36:49,541 --> 00:36:50,874
but that he wanted
some consideration
815
00:36:50,876 --> 00:36:53,826
on his culpability
in this crime.
816
00:36:53,828 --> 00:36:55,787
We really didn't have a choice.
817
00:36:55,789 --> 00:36:57,497
We needed him as a witness.
We needed to find out
818
00:36:57,499 --> 00:36:58,665
if he was willing
to tell US the truth.
819
00:36:58,667 --> 00:37:00,667
We needed someone to.
820
00:37:00,669 --> 00:37:02,710
So the death penalty
was taken off the table
821
00:37:02,712 --> 00:37:04,221
in order to get Alonso
822
00:37:04,223 --> 00:37:05,630
to return back
to the United States.
823
00:37:05,632 --> 00:37:07,724
I think he decided to come back
824
00:37:07,726 --> 00:37:08,967
and do the right thing.
825
00:37:08,969 --> 00:37:10,843
The next morning
826
00:37:10,845 --> 00:37:12,804
he came out with his attorney.
827
00:37:12,806 --> 00:37:16,057
We took him into custody,
drove him back to our station,
828
00:37:16,059 --> 00:37:19,477
and participated in an interview
829
00:37:19,479 --> 00:37:21,404
that I'll never forget
in my entire life.
830
00:37:29,580 --> 00:37:33,083
Key suspect Alonso machain
was finally spilling
831
00:37:33,085 --> 00:37:35,752
the haunting details
of the hawks' horrific
832
00:37:35,754 --> 00:37:39,706
final moments aboard
the well deserved.
833
00:37:39,708 --> 00:37:41,749
I told him that
what I'd like to do is
834
00:37:41,751 --> 00:37:45,011
start from the beginning when
you first met Skylar deleon.
835
00:37:55,432 --> 00:37:56,606
Skylar promised him
836
00:37:56,608 --> 00:37:59,392
at least a million dollars
to help him
837
00:37:59,394 --> 00:38:02,061
get rid of the hawks.
838
00:38:02,063 --> 00:38:03,354
Skylar realized
839
00:38:03,356 --> 00:38:05,398
that Thomas hawks was not
gonna be a pushover,
840
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:07,442
that he was a hulk of a man;
It was gonna take
841
00:38:07,444 --> 00:38:10,528
several people to overpower him.
842
00:38:10,530 --> 00:38:12,780
Another person that he got
to help was
843
00:38:12,782 --> 00:38:16,701
a man named jfk, which is
John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
844
00:38:16,703 --> 00:38:20,913
He was a gang member
from the long beach area.
845
00:38:20,915 --> 00:38:24,876
So Skylar and Alonso
and jfk show up,
846
00:38:24,878 --> 00:38:27,137
and Skylar says,
"this is my accountant,
847
00:38:27,139 --> 00:38:28,805
and we're gonna go out
on a sea trial."
848
00:38:30,425 --> 00:38:34,969
They went out,
sailed past the harbor...
849
00:38:34,971 --> 00:38:38,389
And that's when jfk
and Skylar deleon
850
00:38:38,391 --> 00:38:40,058
took down Mr. Hawks.
851
00:38:40,060 --> 00:38:43,486
Jfk and Skylar are basically
852
00:38:43,488 --> 00:38:45,322
punching Mr. Hawks
into submission
853
00:38:45,324 --> 00:38:46,573
and then placing him
in handcuffs.
854
00:39:00,497 --> 00:39:03,498
What Jackie was trying to do
was send a message
855
00:39:03,500 --> 00:39:06,918
that something was wrong,
so she signed her signature
856
00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:10,472
"Jackie hawk,"
and left off the "s".
857
00:39:14,260 --> 00:39:18,262
This huge yacht had
two huge anchors. Massive.
858
00:39:18,264 --> 00:39:21,766
And they unhinged one
and brought it back.
859
00:39:21,768 --> 00:39:23,309
Alonso said he heard
the chain dragging,
860
00:39:23,311 --> 00:39:25,945
so he knows that Thomas hawks
heard that chain dragging.
861
00:39:30,035 --> 00:39:32,944
They tie them to the chain
of the anchor.
862
00:39:32,946 --> 00:39:35,488
And Alonso broke down crying
863
00:39:35,490 --> 00:39:37,156
while he was telling US
this part.
864
00:39:37,158 --> 00:39:40,460
So this... this devil
had a heart.
865
00:40:00,232 --> 00:40:03,850
And they basically
were pulled down 3,500 feet
866
00:40:03,852 --> 00:40:07,562
to the bottom of the ocean
by the weight of this anchor,
867
00:40:07,564 --> 00:40:09,355
and they were drowned alive.
868
00:40:09,357 --> 00:40:11,858
And that's got to be
the most unbelievably
869
00:40:11,860 --> 00:40:15,620
horrible, horrible way to die
that I can imagine.
870
00:40:28,251 --> 00:40:31,377
It seemed this was
business as usual for Skylar.
871
00:40:31,379 --> 00:40:34,589
Just a step in his plan to
steal the lives of the hawks
872
00:40:34,591 --> 00:40:36,599
and take their place
at the helm.
873
00:40:36,601 --> 00:40:41,387
Could Alonso's chilling
admission be trusted?
874
00:40:41,389 --> 00:40:43,431
I believed it was the truth,
and that we have reason
875
00:40:43,433 --> 00:40:45,433
to doubt any of it.
876
00:40:45,435 --> 00:40:48,060
When everything's said
and done, Alonso machain,
877
00:40:48,062 --> 00:40:50,605
he was duped by Skylar,
there's no doubt in my mind.
878
00:40:50,607 --> 00:40:53,232
But greed was his primary
motivating factor
879
00:40:53,234 --> 00:40:54,525
for being involved.
880
00:40:54,527 --> 00:40:55,994
Just like everybody else
in this.
881
00:41:02,785 --> 00:41:05,411
Once the arrests were made,
882
00:41:05,413 --> 00:41:06,913
I knew that we had to
tell the family
883
00:41:06,915 --> 00:41:09,540
what we had found out.
884
00:41:09,542 --> 00:41:11,468
You're waiting
for the phone to ring,
885
00:41:11,470 --> 00:41:13,127
but when it rings,
886
00:41:13,129 --> 00:41:14,253
you're afraid to pick it up.
887
00:41:14,255 --> 00:41:15,305
You didn't know whether
it was good news
888
00:41:15,307 --> 00:41:17,548
or bad news.
889
00:41:17,550 --> 00:41:19,392
And it was bad news.
890
00:41:20,720 --> 00:41:23,429
Very bad news.
891
00:41:23,431 --> 00:41:27,266
When you lose a child,
you lose a part of yourself.
892
00:41:27,268 --> 00:41:31,237
Your heart just breaks in half
and stays that way.
893
00:41:32,649 --> 00:41:34,815
It was absolutely horrible to me
894
00:41:34,817 --> 00:41:38,236
that someone would do that
to Jackie and Tom.
895
00:41:38,238 --> 00:41:41,447
I think I cried for a week.
896
00:41:41,449 --> 00:41:44,417
I lost the best friend
I ever had.
897
00:41:46,162 --> 00:41:50,665
It was a relief to know
what had happened,
898
00:41:50,667 --> 00:41:52,675
but it was also--
I was very angry
899
00:41:52,677 --> 00:41:56,930
that someone can be
that heartless and cruel.
900
00:42:03,021 --> 00:42:06,472
Skylar is a sociopathic liar
901
00:42:06,474 --> 00:42:10,101
and one of the best con men
I've ever met,
902
00:42:10,103 --> 00:42:12,186
but the lynchpin in this
whole case was Jennifer deleon.
903
00:42:12,188 --> 00:42:14,689
In the initial meetings
regarding the purchase
904
00:42:14,691 --> 00:42:16,866
of the vessel, Jennifer--
she went on that vessel
905
00:42:16,868 --> 00:42:18,701
with her child for one reason,
906
00:42:18,703 --> 00:42:20,194
and that was to convince
the hawks,
907
00:42:20,196 --> 00:42:21,696
to put them at ease so that
they would go through
908
00:42:21,698 --> 00:42:22,780
with this transaction.
909
00:42:22,782 --> 00:42:25,283
Without her participation,
910
00:42:25,285 --> 00:42:27,368
none of this
would have happened.
911
00:42:27,370 --> 00:42:30,171
She's as evil as anybody
on that boat.
912
00:42:32,208 --> 00:42:34,709
Skylar was found guilty
of first-degree murder,
913
00:42:34,711 --> 00:42:36,544
and was sentenced to death.
914
00:42:36,546 --> 00:42:39,297
Jfk, he also was
915
00:42:39,299 --> 00:42:41,132
sentenced to death.
916
00:42:41,134 --> 00:42:44,135
However, now,
the governor of California
917
00:42:44,137 --> 00:42:46,062
has put a moratorium
on the death penalty.
918
00:42:46,064 --> 00:42:49,473
In essence, they are gonna live
out their lives on death row.
919
00:42:49,475 --> 00:42:52,059
After Alonso machain
920
00:42:52,061 --> 00:42:56,230
filled US in on everything,
he was convicted of the murder,
921
00:42:56,232 --> 00:42:57,648
but was given 20 years
922
00:42:57,650 --> 00:42:59,817
instead of the death penalty.
923
00:42:59,819 --> 00:43:02,912
Jennifer, she was convicted
and got life
924
00:43:02,914 --> 00:43:04,247
without the possibility
of parole.
925
00:43:12,999 --> 00:43:16,375
This pin I'm wearing is
in honor of Jackie and Tom.
926
00:43:16,377 --> 00:43:18,044
It's the name of their boat,
927
00:43:18,046 --> 00:43:21,514
and two hawks flying
for their names.
928
00:43:23,760 --> 00:43:27,928
I want people to remember Jackie
and Tom for their kindness,
929
00:43:27,930 --> 00:43:30,523
what good people they were.
930
00:43:41,235 --> 00:43:42,952
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