I found this news article on our Amateur Radio Newsline report and
thought it appropriate to post it here. How awful.....


"ENFORCEMENT: THIRD CONVICTION IN KA7VWJ - KA7VWK MURDERS

A jury in Santa Ana, California, has found a third defendant guilty in
the murders of Thomas and Jackie Hawks, KD7VWJ and KD7VWK. John
Fitzgerald Kennedy who is described as a former gang intervention worker
for the city of Long Beach was convicted of two counts of first-degree
murder in the killings of a couple tied to an anchor and thrown off
their yacht. Amateur Radio Newsline's Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, picks up
the story from he

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Forty-three year old John Fitzgerald Kennedy is the third person to be
convicted for the killing of Thomas and Jackie Hawks, who were murdered
at sea off the Southern California coast on November 15, 2004. This,
after taking men posting as prospective buyers out for a test run on
their 55-foot trawler the Well Deserved.

The seven-woman, five-man jury deliberated several hours before
convicting Kennedy of the two murder counts. They also found true the
special circumstance allegations of multiple murder and murder for
financial gain.

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Kennedy. They say that he
was recruited as muscle man in the killings.

Under California state law the jury that convicted Kennedy will have to
decide between recommending capital punishment or life in prison without
the possibility of parole.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, in Los
Angeles.

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Deputy District Attorney Matt Murphy said the mastermind of the plan to
steal the yacht was former child actor Skylar Deleon. Deleon has
already been convicted of the murders and faces the death penalty when
he is sentenced on March 20th. Deleon's former wife, Jennifer
Henderson, was sentenced to life in prison without parole in October
2007 for her role in the plot. (Published news reports)"