Years after the our bodies of a girl and her 2-year-old daughter had been discovered on Lengthy Island — as soon as related to the Gilgo Seaside serial murders — the lady’s suspected killer appeared earlier than a Florida choose on Thursday dealing with homicide prices.
Andrew Dykes, 66, was arrested Wednesday close to Tampa on a warrant out of Nassau County, New York, in reference to the 1997 demise of Tanya Jackson, regulation enforcement sources instructed ABC Information.
The Nassau County district lawyer’s workplace declined to remark.
Nassau County police and prosecutors show images of Tanya Jackson and Tatiana Dykes, whose stays had been discovered close to Lengthy Island’s Gilgo Seaside, throughout a information convention, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Mineola, N.Y.
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Jackson was 26 when she was discovered dismembered in Lakeview in June 1997. The physique of her 2-year-old yr outdated daughter, Tatiana, was discovered 14 years later close to Gilgo Seaside.
For years, Jackson, a U.S. Military veteran, was recognized solely as “Peaches” due to a particular tattoo, and her daughter as “Child Doe.”
Andrew Dykes is seen on this reserving photograph.
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Workplace
In April, authorities in New York introduced that they had lastly recognized Jackson and her daughter and provided a $25,000 reward for info within the chilly case.
The lady’s stays had been present in 2011 near the place the stays of different girls had been discovered alongside the southern shore of Lengthy Island resulting in hypothesis the deaths had been the work of the Gilgo Seaside serial killer.
Lengthy Island architect and father Rex Heuermann was arrested in 2023 in reference to a number of of the Gilgo Seaside slayings and later charged with killing seven girls.
Heuermann, who has pleaded not responsible, was by no means charged with the killings of Jackson or her daughter.
Editor’s Observe: This story’s headline has been up to date to make clear that Andrew Dykes has been arrested on a warrant solely in reference to the demise of Tanya Jackson, in response to regulation enforcement sources.
