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

[Passeridae]

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

Didn't RH do a lot of architectural and permitting work in Brooklyn, too? If she was a receptionist at a clinic he was doing work for, they might have also met that way.

He worked hard to become an organized killer after reading John Douglas's Mindhunter book - there were notes from that book included in his HK document, which is very clearly a sort of planning document to keep him from making mistakes. That implies that he may have had a close call in the past, and was working to keep from having another one in the future. It's also pretty clear from Amber Costello's abduction and murder that his emotions could get the better of him and when they did he could make mistakes. If law enforcement had been on the ball, they very likely could have caught him then. It was the clues from Amber that really led them to him when they finally looked at them. I wonder if maybe he had gotten more comfortable after murdering Sandra, and maybe Karen if she's his victim, and started taking risks when choosing victims.

Then, between the news articles about Tanya's tattoo, and perhaps having some kind of regret about harming a baby (indicated by him wrapping her in a blanket) or maybe he hadn't planned for the baby and was frustrated, he sat down and studied Mindhunter and worked to be much more careful when planning and choosing "safer" (for him) victims. Given that Tanya is a little taller than most of his victims and had army training, she may have put up a fight as well, which could point to why he was focused on small victims later. The fact that he was writing things like "small is better" on that HK document makes me think that it was to remind himself when choosing a victim, and not necessarily a natural inclination.

 

[FromGermany1]

Gilgo Beach Homicide Victim Was Known Only by Tattoo. Now, 'Peaches' and Her Toddler Daughter Have Names

Suspected Long Island Serial Killer Victim 'Peaches,' Toddler Daughter Finally Have Names -- But Cops Say They Could Be Unrelated.

people.com

Jackson served in the U.S. military from July 1993 to February 1995 in Texas, Georgia and Missouri and was living in Brooklyn at the time of her death. She worked at a doctor's office, possibly as a medical assistant, officials said.
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I stumbled over Peaches profession, and I'm now thinking of AE, working at a Hospital ...... No further details available at the moment (memory deficit), but I will search for it. It makes sense for me, if there PERHAPS was a connection, which led to RH in a detour.

I found a link (AE - hospital), but it is from the Sun and not allowed here, afaik. Google Northwell ....

 

[CuriousCricket]

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

I've found a John Fitzgerald on the Suffolk County force: but considerably after 2010

John Fitzgerald​

Police Lieutenant (+1 more job)
Suffolk County, New York

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Suffolk County, New York records show John Fitzgerald held multiple jobs between 2017 and 2022. One of the most recent records in 2022 lists a job of Police Lieutenant and a pay of $192,775.90. This is 132.4 percent higher than the average pay for co-workers and 168.7 percent higher than the national average for government employees. https://openpayrolls.com/employee/john-fitzgerald-98

Didn't RH do a lot of architectural and permitting work in Brooklyn, too? If she was a receptionist at a clinic he was doing work for, they might have also met that way.

He worked hard to become an organized killer after reading John Douglas's Mindhunter book - there were notes from that book included in his HK document, which is very clearly a sort of planning document to keep him from making mistakes. That implies that he may have had a close call in the past, and was working to keep from having another one in the future. It's also pretty clear from Amber Costello's abduction and murder that his emotions could get the better of him and when they did he could make mistakes. If law enforcement had been on the ball, they very likely could have caught him then. It was the clues from Amber that really led them to him when they finally looked at them. I wonder if maybe he had gotten more comfortable after murdering Sandra, and maybe Karen if she's his victim, and started taking risks when choosing victims.

Then, between the news articles about Tanya's tattoo, and perhaps having some kind of regret about harming a baby (indicated by him wrapping her in a blanket) or maybe he hadn't planned for the baby and was frustrated, he sat down and studied Mindhunter and worked to be much more careful when planning and choosing "safer" (for him) victims. Given that Tanya is a little taller than most of his victims and had army training, she may have put up a fight as well, which could point to why he was focused on small victims later. The fact that he was writing things like "small is better" on that HK document makes me think that it was to remind himself when choosing a victim, and not necessarily a natural inclination.

absolutely. I recall discussion of him perhaps moving to internet escorts because it removed the element of him being seen picking up a woman on the street. Same if he was known to have become friends with a woman at a shooting range or striking up a conversation with a receptionist in one of the companies he worked for and visited. If he met someone at a company he worked with he could easily tell them to be sure to keep their friendship secret as it could cause them both trouble on the job. But if he met someone socially, say at a shooting range, that would not apply, of course. You're right, too, about Tanya likely putting up a fight and using her Army skills. RH has always looked soft. I suspect his sheer size was how he overpowered women.

The disappearance of a woman he was known to have known could have been very dangerous to him. Wouldn't it be interesting to know if RH was ever interviewed for any of the missing women? So many serial killers are in some way, their names buried somewhere in the investigation. Wonder if RH was.

Developing technology appears to have been very helpful to him in allowing him to meet women without being seen with them, but look at the damage to him and other shady characters that the development of "burner" phones (which they all believed were safe) and security cameras has brought. Not to mention all the advances in DNA.

 

[Skhuter]

Valerie Mack, too. She had a tattoo of her son's name on one of her ankles, iirc, and that leg was removed mid-calf while the other was not. Her missing leg was found with her arms on Gilgo Beach.



According to the Valerie Mack bail document, he kept editions of a number of newspapers that mentioned the crimes that have been linked to him, including a 1993 Newsday that has a single tiny brief about Sandra Costilla's body being found. However, he also wrote in the HK document about destroying photos. Who knows what he was thinking? I do suspect that if he did killed Tanya and Tatiana, there are some 1997 Newsdays talking about her body being found in his stash.

They may have released her name because they plan to charge him soon, or they may have done so because they do not have DNA evidence to charge him and they don't want to harm their case by pointing a finger at him that they can't back up. Maybe they have some other evidence, but don't want it to come out publicly in a superseding bail document yet, so they're waiting. In order to charge, they have to submit at least some evidence or risk being accused of tunnel vision, and if all they have are, for example, graphic photos they've managed to recover from his hard drive, I can see them waiting. Or maybe they are reasonably sure he wasn't their killer - possible, given the flyer and the comments at the press conference. I don't think it's likely given the locations of their remains on Ocean Parkway, but we won't find out until the police decide to say something.

Personally I think, at least with the publicly available information, RH was very likely the killer of Tanya and Tatiana, and Karen Vergata as well, but if there's not a strong case, we may not know what police are thinking until after he is convicted of something.

It is quite possible they plan on charging him and wa t some more info to solidly it, I don’t think we’ll see any charges until this hearing is done with there going on now.

 

[whiterhino]

I found a link (AE - hospital), but it is from the Sun and not allowed here, afaik. Google Northwell ....

Between Tanya having worked at a medical clinic, living in a nicer neighborhood and having a young baby it's surprising that they weren't reported missing any sooner. No coworkers, landlord etc? jmo.

 

[Just K]

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

Turns out that Lt Detective that worked at the onset of the investigations, on Suffolk County, was Jack Fitzpatrick. He made many choices to hold back details that could have led to identifying the victims much sooner. This Nassau County Detective is Stephen Fitzpatrick. So, not the same officer.

 

[Diddian]

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.

Also just thinking aloud...but as a former soldier, might Tanya have participated in shooting competitions or matches, perhaps in the hope of networking to improve employment opportunities or to make more local friends?

ETA: This may mean nothing, but it looks like there are some firearms training facilities/shooting ranges (301 Shunpike Rd) about 15 minutes SW of Maplewood, NJ (where Tanya reportedly had a postal box).

Odd to live in Brooklyn and have a postal box in Maplewood, NJ.

I don't live anywhere near that area, but would like to know: Would having a postal box in Maplewood, NJ give a person a break on highway tolls (compared to living in Brooklyn)?

 

[fred&edna]

Turns out that Lt Detective that worked at the onset of the investigations, on Suffolk County, was Jack Fitzpatrick. He made many choices to hold back details that could have led to identifying the victims much sooner. This Nassau County Detective is Stephen Fitzpatrick. So, not the same officer.

yes, yes... you're correct. nevermind me. i might have been thinking of vincent stephan anyway... which is completely not fitzpatrick. lol

 

[Teche]

Also just thinking aloud...but as a former soldier, might Tanya have participated in shooting competitions or matches, perhaps in the hope of networking to improve employment opportunities or to make more local friends?

ETA: This may mean nothing, but it looks like there are some firearms training facilities/shooting ranges (301 Shunpike Rd) about 15 minutes SW of Maplewood, NJ (where Tanya reportedly had a postal box).

Odd to live in Brooklyn and have a postal box in Maplewood, NJ.

I don't live anywhere near that area, but would like to know: Would having a postal box in Maplewood, NJ give a person a break on highway tolls (compared to living in Brooklyn)?

I believe it was posted long ago that Rex enjoyed going to the firing range. Possibly for competition events.

 

[Diddian]

I believe it was posted long ago that Rex enjoyed going to the firing range. Possibly for competition events.

Yes, I remember seeing some photos of him training or otherwise accompanying a young man at an event. That’s what made me think of that potential connection.

 

[snarast]

Between Tanya having worked at a medical clinic, living in a nicer neighborhood and having a young baby it's surprising that they weren't reported missing any sooner. No coworkers, landlord etc? jmo.

She was in a transitional phase, it seems. Most of us have been in situations where it would be hard for loved ones to keep track of you, I imagine. I *certainly* have. That feeling of invincibility is a hazard of youth.

The thought of RH hurting the strong, beautiful Tanya and the adorable Tatiana is hard to take in. I hope not.

 

[chetlemouge]

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

I agree with you that it doesn't scream "he's a suspect in Tanya and Tatiana's murder," but the original question was, has any article mentioning Peaches been found in his possession, and the answer is yes.

I don't believe in coincidences in court papers and I'm sure there was no shortage of articles mentioning Taylor and Mack without mentioning Tanya, so my question is, why choose that one? And why for Valerie's indictment specifically? My guess is because of Valerie and Tatiana's proximity.

But again, I agree with you in principle. Was just answering a question.

 

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[Adrian33]

RH was hired in 2005 to do renovations for a shooting range and a female colleague met him there. I wonder if it was “Pioneer Shooting Range”. I think the ceiling and the columns match, and this target could look like a beer bottle. More like a milk bottle but..
If it is the place, I wonder if he just did a job there or if he frequented this place even before he did the work there? It claims to be the oldest operating range in Westchester County so I’m sure it was open when Tanya lived in NY too. It’s possible they could have met there.
(it’s also very close to where Veronica Wiederhold was found in 88.)

“A month after working in the house, she met Heuermann in the Bronx at a firing range where he had been hired for some renovations.
While there, he gave her a lesson.
'I met him out there and measured the gun range,' she said. 'And afterwards, he taught me how to fire a 9mm. I didn't know he was so into guns, but here we were.

'He was telling me how to place my hands under the hammer so when the hammer went back it didn't hit me,' she explained.
'I fired like four or five shots and I hit the target, a picture of a beer bottle. It was pretty intense.'”

Rex Heuermann refused to let interior designer measure locked room

Interior designer Katherine Shepherd told DailyMail.com how Rex Heuermann did not allow her to enter a room in his basement at his Massapequa Park in 2005.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Photo 1: RH at a firing range where he was hired to work
Photo 2: Google image from Pioneer Shooting Range in Mount Vernon, NY showing ceiling, column, and what could be a beer bottle shaped target

 

[FromGermany1]

Is Tanya's Geo Storm still missing?

 

[DS2021]

Is Tanya's Geo Storm still missing?

I believe so

 

[CuriousCricket]

Is Tanya's Geo Storm still missing?

Been thinking about that as well. We're coming up on 28 years this summer when it might have been found. Wonder if records of "abandoned" vehicles would go back that far? Would it have been pulled in and kept in a garage for the owner to pick up? Tanya was found within about 3 days of her death, wouldn't it have made sense for LE to have wondered about any abandoned vehicle in the area? Wonder if they were close enough together for it to have registered with Law Enforcement?

Even if LE did not put it together them, might LE now have some idea where she vanished from? Of course, if it sat for sometime, anyone could have stolen it, I suppose.

Nassau County authorities have known Tanya's identity for over a yea. So time it would seem to search for the vehicle. Wouldn't we love to know if they found anything?

 

[rickstyles84]

She was in a transitional phase, it seems. Most of us have been in situations where it would be hard for loved ones to keep track of you, I imagine. I *certainly* have. That feeling of invincibility is a hazard of youth.

The thought of RH hurting the strong, beautiful Tanya and the adorable Tatiana is hard to take in. I hope not.

I agree. Also we have to keep the time period in mind as well. Though the internet existed at the time it wasn't this monster of tracking information with social media etc to stay connected. Many forget what life was like for those that struggled before the internet and how easy it would be for someone to go off the radar.

 

[Megnut]

I agree. Also we have to keep the time period in mind as well. Though the internet existed at the time it wasn't this monster of tracking information with social media etc to stay connected. Many forget what life was like for those that struggled before the internet and how easy it would be for someone to go off the radar.

And her family may have decided she was estranged from them -- felt cut off -- when actually she was already missing.

JMO

 

[rickstyles84]

And her family may have decided she was estranged from them -- felt cut off -- when actually she was already missing.

JMO

unfortunately, this or a previous little squabble, is all too common, and is used to justify the distance when like you said tragedy had already struck. heartbreaking.