FL Man Arrested in Cold Case Murder of “Peaches” Once Linked to Gilgo Beach Serial Killings | Crime Alert 6AM 12.07.25

Police have arrested Andrew Dykes, 66, in connection with the killing of the woman—now identified as Tanya Denise Jackson. Dykes is also the father of Jackson’s daughter, Tatiana Marie Jackson. Is there a connection between Jackson and Rex Heuermann?

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Crime Alert I means he grace breaking crime news now
straight out to Nicole Parton for the latest.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
For years, the brutal nineteen ninety seven killing of a
young woman in a Long Island state park seemed destined
to remain unsolved. Her body was dismembered, left unidentifiable except
for a tattoo of a peach. That changed in twenty
eleven when investigators searching near Gilgo Beach uncovered new skeletal
fragments and the remains of her two year old daughter.

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Those discoveries became part of the now infamous Gilgo Beach investigation,
where multiple women were found murdered along a remote stretch
of sand. This week, there's been a major development. Police
have arrested Andrew Dikes, sixty six, in connection with the
killing of the woman, now identified as Tanya Denise Jackson.

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Dykes is also the father of Jackson's daughter, Tatiana Marie Jackson.
Authorities say Dikes was taken into custody in Ti Tampa, Florida,
and is being held in Hillsborough County Jail awaiting extradition
to Long Island. The Nassau County District Attorney's office declined
to comment, and the name of Dyke's attorney has not
been released yet. Jackson, known for years only as Peaches

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because of her tattoo, was twenty six years old when
she died. A Gulf War veteran originally from Mobile, Alabama,
she had been living in Brooklyn with her daughter at
the time of her disappearance and was largely estranged from
her family. Investigators confirmed her identity earlier this year using
advanced DNA and genealogy techniques. What it comes down to

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is was there enough to show from the scalp remains
of the infant that there was a murder?

Speaker 1 (01:44):
And that's what it comes down to. It's called your
manner of death and cause of death.

Speaker 2 (01:48):
Officials say there is no apparent link between Dykes and
Rex Huerman, the Long Island architect charged in seven of
the Gilgo Beach murders. In total, ten sets of human
remains were found along the beach Parkway, leading police to
believe the area may have been a dumping ground for
more than one killer. Nancy. Additional details on Dike's arrest

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are expected in the coming days as he is extradited
to New York.

Speaker 1 (02:15):
Nicole thank you more Primate Justice names after.

Speaker 2 (02:19):
This Trinity, Pogue was convicted on five charges, including two
counts of felony murder, on Friday, December five. As reported
in a video sentencing shared by Court TV, Judge James Sizemore,
Junior of the Southwestern Circuit Court of Georgia, stated during

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the proceedings quote, I don't usually elaborate on handing down
a sentence. However, the reality is that you will serve
a life sentence, which is fitting for the crimes you've
been found guilty of. Additionally, the judge announced that Pogue
would face an extra twenty years in prison to be
served concurrently. Throughout the sentencing, Pogue maintained a compose demeanor.

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Although this she displays significant emotion earlier that day. Upon
hearing the jury's decision, Pogue was arrested in January twenty four,
according to a press release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
The agency reported that a boy later identified as Romeo
Angeli's also known as Jaxton Drew, was discovered unresponsive on

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a campus of Georgia Southwestern State University on January fourteen,
twenty twenty four, where Pogue, then eighteen, was a student.
During her trial, Prosecutors alleged that Pogue harbored resentment towards
the child because she desired to have a baby with
her boyfriend, the child's father. In an indictment previously covered

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by w ALB, authorities in Sumter County described the abuse
as involving blunt forced trauma to the head and torso.
On the day the toddler died, fellow students in Pogue's
dorm recounted hearing a child crying for an extended period
of time until it abruptly ended, as reported by Lily Waterman,

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a student at the university, and so no one knew
what happened. Waterman said, we knew we heard crying, and
then all of a sudden it stopped. Did a baby die?
She questioned. In twenty twenty four, Pogue was crowned Miss Donaldsonville,
but lost her title following the charges related to the
toddler's death. According to Early County News. For now, she

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will spend the next thirty years behind bars before she
is eligible for parole.

Speaker 1 (04:31):
Kimberly Moore moves from Dallas, Texas, to Ringo, Louisiana to
live with their partner, Vernon Parker, just in time for Thanksgiving.
The couple spends the next month settling in and they
attend a New Year's Eve party together. On New Year's Day,
Vernon Parker is found shot dead in the backseat of
his running car. The last time anyone saw Kimberly was

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at the party the night before. Police now believed Kimberly
Moore may have witnessed parker shooting and could be in
danger or worse. Kimberly Moore now missing over a year.
If you have info on Kimberly Moore, please call Bienville Parish,
Louisiana Sheriffs at three one eight two six three two

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With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace