Victim "Peaches" IDd as Tanya Denise Jackson, and toddler IDd as Tatiana Marie Dykes, found Hempstead Lake State Park, June 1997 #4

[Ruby_PA]

Thank you, I’m having trouble navigating the forum and threads since the site was updated. I went away too long, I guess.

Only the colors & logo were changed, pretty much everything else is the same.

 

[fred&edna]

i'm just thinking aloud and haven't attempted to look for any ties.... but was there evidence of rh visiting any military bases and/or shooting ranges near bases, etc outside long island. i could be wrong. i'm trying to remember.

 

[DS2021]

That is what is called a great catch.
Thank you.
TDK aka Peaches is referred to in the newspaper article found in RH's residence.

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Considering the article mentions other women he's been tied to, I don't think this is all that significant.

If the article was just about Tanya J than that would stand out to me. This article seems to be talking about Jessica and Valarie as well

 

[DS2021]

A pic of Tanya when she was about 16, and the birth certificate of Tatiana. Both from ancestry trees that are publicly shared.

I'm not sure that's her. The high school that the year book is from isn't the high school she graduated from, based off what newsday reported yesterday

 

[rickstyles84]

Thank you, I’m having trouble navigating the forum and threads since the site was updated. I went away too long, I guess.

If you click your username in the top right and go to preferences the first option on that page is the STYLES option and you can switch back to the older themes. I moved back to the black-orange myself as that is what I have grown most comfortable with.

 

[Lore Listener]

Homicide - Lakeview

The Homicide Squad reports an update on an investigation that began in June of 1997 in Lakeview.

www.pdcn.org

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Such beautiful, beautiful young humans. I'm grateful they have their names back, but how absolutely heartbreaking. It just gives me chills to look at their pictures.

 

[snarast]

Tanya's remains were all in Nassau County (Hempstead Lake is in Nassau). Tatiana was found in Suffolk.

As far as I'm aware, Karen Vergata is the only victim whose remains were found in both counties, but her partial remains along Ocean Parkway were in Nassau. Her legs were found on Fire Island in Suffolk, not along Ocean Parkway.

That confuses me a bit. This image shows the NC SC divide. I think parts of Tanya and the intact body of Tatiana were over on the suffolk county line?

I get that Nassau have taken charge since they found Tanya in 1997, but I’d like to know exactly where all the parts are, counties and all.

Because that’s likely important to an architect who obsesses over dying and death.


Pic: wsj

 

[DS2021]

That confuses me a bit. This image shows the NC SC divide. I think parts of Tanya and the intact body of Tatiana were over on the suffolk county line?

I get that Nassau have taken charge since they found Tanya in 1997, but I’d like to know exactly where all the parts are, counties and all.

Because that’s likely important to an architect who obsesses over dying and death.


Pic:

Tanya was completely in Nassau, Tatiana was completely in Suffolk

 

[Izzylizzy]

I went through Google and using the reader tool was able to read the entire article.

Remains of mom, child found near Gilgo Beach ID'd, though deaths may be unrelated to serial killings

A woman and her child whose remains were among other bodies discovered scattered along an oceanfront highway not far from Long Island's Gilgo Beach were identified by police Wednesday, nearly three decades after the double homicide.

www.newsday.com

It sounds like at some point “family” did report Tanya missing but no details.

Thanks!
Knowing that someone cared is soothing.

"Jackson, who drove a black 1991 Geo Storm, was estranged from her family so it was some time before she was reported missing, he added. She served in the U.S. Army from 1993 to 1995, living on three bases in Texas, Georgia and Missouri, according to Fitzpatrick".

 

[snarast]

Tanya was completely in Nassau, Tatiana was completely in Suffolk

Thank you.

 

[Lore Listener]

Ok, just throwing my random opinion out there for discussion purposes, but right now I think the coincidences are too great for this not to have been Rex/LISK. He was early in his killing career and in his dismemberment phase. I also remember last summer when the Manorville searches were happening, one of the tabloids (NY Post??) claimed they had a LE source who said the searches were NOT connected to Gilgo. One poster was so convinced this had to be true that they insisted we stop discussing the Manorville searches here. A few weeks later, surprise, surprise, Rex is charged with killing SC and JT. So LE has done this "not connected" thing before when it absolutely was. Time will tell, but to me, it all adds up that this was Rex.

 

[CuriousCricket]

There's a pay wall so if you can get in the site would you copy some info?
thanks

Sure. Honoring the less than 10% copyright, of course. So, just the part I posted about. direct quote:
Fitzpatrick (Det. Capt. Stephen Fitzpatrick, commanding officer of the homicide squad) said the father of the child, identified in birth records as Andrew Dykes, 66, of Ruskin, Florida, has been questioned by detectives and is cooperating with the investigation. Fitzpatrick declined to say if the father, who did not live with Jackson, is a suspect in the slayings.

Dykes moved from Brooklyn in May 2000, according to property records. He did not respond to a message seeking comment Wednesday.

The byline is:
By Grant Parpan [email protected]@GrantParpanUpdated April 23, 2025 8:52 pm

Oh, I see the story says the father did NOT live with them.

 

[Izzylizzy]

I have seen it mentioned that Tierney is waiting for the hearings in RH's case to conclude before he comments on Tanya and Tatiana's identifications. It makes me wonder if Nassau County may have similar DNA (rootless hair) from Tanya's crime scene, but are waiting on the results of the hearing before having it tested. Until Nassau knows that evidence will be admissible in New York courts of law, perhaps they can't justify the expense.

I also get the feeling that investigators have not found anyone who knew Tanya during the last years of her life, outside of her estranged family - hence why they "suspect" she may have worked at a doctor's office and had a babysitter, but can't say for sure. That would also explain why the only photo they've released is from her army days - I imagine she would have looked quite different as she grew older and adjusted to civilian life, but perhaps that photo is the most recent one her family can provide.

TDJ served for 2 yrs from 1993-95 and TMD was born in 2015 so her military service may have been interrupted.by her pregnancy ?
Officials said Jackson was born Oct. 22, 1970, in Alabama. She served “honorably” in the Army from 1993 to 1995 and was living on 54th St. in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, when she died, Fitzpatrick said".

Tanya lived next to Sunset Park.

"Sunset Park is one of New York’s hidden treasures. Tucked away in the Brooklyn neighborhood that bares its name, this park is famous for its breathtaking vista. Sunset Park offers, at sunset, and at all times, stunning views of the rugged skyline of Manhattan. From the park’s highest point, you can see the Statue of Liberty, vibrant Brooklyn neighborhoods, and the green hills of Staten Island and New Jersey. Turning your gaze inward to the park, you see an equally diverse terrain: a state-of-the-art swimming pool, green fields, pedestrian walkways, a sand volleyball court, a recreation center, and a living memorial commemorating September 11th."

https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/sunset-park

 

[Just K]

Ok, anyone notice the LE officer’s name, Det. Capt. Stephen Fitzpatrick, did he work in Suffolk County in 2010 and 2011? Name rings a bell from the early days.

 

[arrogantcat]

A pic of Tanya when she was about 16, and the birth certificate of Tatiana. Both from ancestry trees that are publicly shared.

Gosh, mama and baby look so alike!

 

[Izzylizzy]

Sure. Honoring the less than 10% copyright, of course. So, just the part I posted about. direct quote:
Fitzpatrick (Det. Capt. Stephen Fitzpatrick, commanding officer of the homicide squad) said the father of the child, identified in birth records as Andrew Dykes, 66, of Ruskin, Florida, has been questioned by detectives and is cooperating with the investigation. Fitzpatrick declined to say if the father, who did not live with Jackson, is a suspect in the slayings.

Dykes moved from Brooklyn in May 2000, according to property records. He did not respond to a message seeking comment Wednesday.

The byline is:
By Grant Parpan [email protected]@GrantParpanUpdated April 23, 2025 8:52 pm

Oh, I see the story says the father did NOT live with them.

Thank you.
According to Fitzgerald someone did report her missing but we don't know the timeline so it appears that the person did not know who the father of TMD was if he was just recently contacted.

If it was a friend who reported TDJ and TMD missing friends usually first make contact with the family.

A lot of missing pieces and hopefully this isn't another case of Long Island LE dropping the ball .

 

[Passeridae]

That confuses me a bit. This image shows the NC SC divide. I think parts of Tanya and the intact body of Tatiana were over on the suffolk county line?

I get that Nassau have taken charge since they found Tanya in 1997, but I’d like to know exactly where all the parts are, counties and all.

Because that’s likely important to an architect who obsesses over dying and death.


Pic: wsj

Tanya's limbs were found where it says "Monday: Human skull found" (this map mixed up her and Karen, whose skull was found at the red dot most to the left). Tatiana was the red dot all the way to the right, the last one on the map farthest away from her mom and next to Valerie Mack (who was at that time unidentified and called Jane Doe 6).

Newsday's reporting hasn't always been the cleanest in the past, unfortunately. ETA: My mistake, apparently that is a Wall Street Journal map. Newsday made the same mistake back when the Nassau County remains were found on Ocean Parkway and I didn't realize it had been replicated elsewhere. It has been corrected by Newsday in later reporting.

 

[CuriousCricket]

i'm just thinking aloud and haven't attempted to look for any ties.... but was there evidence of rh visiting any military bases and/or shooting ranges near bases, etc outside long island. i could be wrong. i'm trying to remember.

and there you go . . . a way Tanya might have met RH. If she went to the range to keep her skills up.

 

[fred&edna]

Ok, anyone notice the LE officer’s name, Det. Capt. Stephen Fitzpatrick, did he work in Suffolk County in 2010 and 2011? Name rings a bell from the early days.

yes yes... good catch.... i remember him. he's the one who said shannan gilbert was calm on her 911 call, soon thereafter he retired from the force.

jmo

 

[Megnut]

and there you go . . . a way Tanya might have met RH. If she went to the range to keep her skills up.

RH was much younger and could have presented as single. He might not have settled on a particular M.O. or victim type yet. If he's responsible for her murder, he could have lulled her into a false sense of security over even a few days, where she thought she could trust him.

I am most curious/ worried about the person who babysat for her. Is she alive and accounted for? If she disappeared, Tanya would be out a sitter and concerned about what happened to her. Maybe that search led her to RH.

I don't how LE learned about that babysitting arrangement. And her job at the n medical office, for that matter. From the sitter? Or from Tanya's family? In which case, is it substantiated? Or are those the sort of details a young mother might provide, in order for her family not to worry? It could be especially hard for a single mom to work, arrange daycare, make ends meet in Brooklyn, just trying to make out on her own.

I have to wonder where RH's new wife and baby were.... away from home? Where were they living then? The tote, pillowcase, etc, suggest a residence to me. Either RH's or could those be Tanya's own possessions.

Her baby's photo breaks me.

JMO