Andrew Dykes, 66, was taken into custody in Florida this week on a warrant from Nassau County, New York, for the 1997 homicide that led investigators to identify the victim—known for years as “Peaches”—as 26‑year‑old Army vet Tanya Jackson. Dykes, who is also the biological father of the woman’s two‑year‑old daughter, Tatiana Marie Dykes, is now charged with murder. He appeared in Hillsborough County Court on Thursday and is awaiting extradition to New York on a fugitive warrant.
The mother’s body was first found stuffed into a container in a wooded area of Hempstead Lake State Park in June 1997, and she earned the nickname “Peaches” because of a fruit tattoo on her body. The child, who was once identified only as “Baby Doe,” was located in 2011 during a separate investigation of bodies found near Gilgo Beach. While Dykes faces a first‑degree murder indictment, officials remain convinced the mother‑daughter case is distinct from the alleged serial killer Rex Heuermann, who has been charged with a separate set of murders.
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