Years after the bodies of a woman and her 2-year-old daughter were discovered on Long Island, in a case once linked to the Gilgo Beach serial murders, the suspected killer was arrested and appeared before a Florida judge Thursday, facing murder charges.
Andrew Dykes, 66, was taken into custody on Wednesday near Tampa on a warrant from Nassau County, New York, in connection with the 1997 death of Tanya Jackson. Dykes faces two counts of murder. He did not enter a plea and is scheduled to return to a Florida court next week as Nassau County seeks his extradition to New York. The Nassau County district attorney’s office declined to comment.
Jackson, 26 at the time, was found dismembered in Lakeview in June 1997. Her 2-year-old daughter, Tatiana, was discovered 14 years later near Gilgo Beach. For many years, Jackson was known only as “Peaches” because of a distinctive tattoo, and her daughter as “Baby Doe.” Authorities identified the pair in April and offered a $25,000 reward for information in the long-cold case.
Tatiana’s remains were found near the site where other women’s bodies had been discovered along Long Island’s southern shore, prompting speculation about a connection to the Gilgo Beach serial killings. Long Island architect Rex Heuermann was arrested in 2023 in connection with several of those slayings and charged with killing seven women. Heuermann, who has pleaded not guilty, was never charged in the deaths of Jackson or her daughter.