A man is now in custody in Florida in connection to the 1997 murder of Tanya Denise Jackson on Long Island.
Andrew Dykes, 66, was arrested near Tampa on a warrant from Nassau County. He appeared before a judge Thursday on murder charges.
Cold case victims identified as Tanya Denise Jackson, 2-year-old Tatiana Marie Dykes
In 1997, some of Jackson’s dismembered body was found in Hempstead Lake State Park in Lakeview. At the time, investigators were unable to identify her remains and referred to her as “Peaches” because of a tattoo on her chest.
In 2011, investigators discovered new skeletal fragments, along with the body of Jackson’s 2-year-old daughter, Tatiana Marie Dykes, while combing a beachfront strip near Gilgo Beach as part of what would become an infamous investigation into women murdered in the area…