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Florida Man Arrested After Indictment in 1997 Killing of 'Peaches' on Long Island

He is being held in a Florida jail on a New York warrant as Nassau County seeks his extradition.

Overview

  • Andrew Dykes, 66, was indicted by a Nassau County grand jury in the 1997 murder of Tanya Denise Jackson, long known as “Peaches.”
  • He was arrested near Tampa about three hours after the indictment and made an initial appearance in Hillsborough County Court on Thursday.
  • Dykes is jailed in Hillsborough County on a New York fugitive warrant pending extradition to Nassau County.
  • Texas birth records identify Dykes as the father of Jackson’s daughter, Tatiana, though he has not been charged in the child’s killing.
  • FBI-assisted genetic genealogy identified the mother and daughter in 2022–2023, and the case—once linked in public speculation to Gilgo Beach—remains separate from charges against Rex Heuermann.