(child actor Skylar Deleon and wife Jennifer)


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Actor Skylar Deleon tries to cut off his penis while in prison on murder charges!



A man charged with murdering a couple at sea as part of a plot to steal their yacht tried to cut off his penis in jail, officials say.

Skylar Deleon, 29, somehow got a razor and “tried to saw off his penis” while in his cell on March 13, said Damon Micalizzi of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.

“He was unsuccessful,” Micalizzi said. “As I understand it, there was a lot of blood.”

Micalizzi said he did not know if Deleon
stopped the effort himself or was interrupted
by a guard.

The former “Power Ranger” child actor was
taken to a hospital where his penis was re-attached.

Prosecutors say they will seek the death
penalty against Deleon for the 2004 murders
of Jackie and Thomas Hawks, of Prescott, Ariz.

The couple disappeared after taking Deleon
and three other men on a test cruise in their
55-foot yacht which they hoped to sell.

Prosecutors allege that Deleon and the others
blindfolded and handcuffed the Hawkses once
at sea and forced them to sign and fingerprint
documents transferring ownership of the “Well Deserved”
boat before tossing them overboard.

Their bodies have never been found.

Deleon’s ex-wife, Jennifer, has already been
convicted for her role in the alleged plot and
was sentenced in October to life in prison without parole.

Deleon’s trial is scheduled for Aug. 25.