Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrea Cavallier

The bodies of a woman and toddler were linked to the Gilgo Beach killings. Now a man in Florida has been charged

Gilgo Beach Florida Gilgo Rex Heuermann Long Island Murder New York Peaches Police Hillsborough County
Andrew Dykes (left), of Tampa, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with two counts of murder in connection with the 1997 deaths of Tanya Jackson (right) and daughter Tatiana Dykes - (Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office/Nassau Police)

Decades after the remains of a young mother and her toddler were found on Long Island – victims once believed to possibly be tied to the Gilgo Beach murders – a Florida man has been charged in their slayings.

Andrew Dykes, 66, of Tampa, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with two counts of murder on a warrant out of New York, in connection with the 1997 deaths of 26-year-old Tanya Jackson and her two-year-old daughter Tatiana Dykes, law enforcement sources told multiple news outlets. Dykes is believed to be the biological father of the child.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Harry Potter and Cursed Child director pushed back on making play shorter: ‘I was dragged kicking and screaming’
Play, which originally opened in 2016 as two parts, has been condensed into one production
The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Smokers have a lower risk of Parkinson’s – we may have found out why
Smoking is one of the biggest causes of ill health and early death. Yet smokers seem to have a lower risk of developing Parkinson’s disease than non-smokers – by around half according to some studies.
The Conversation
The Conversation
NY Woman finds stolen Tamayo painting in trash; Sotheby’s sells it for $1.049 million
In 2003, Elizabeth Gibson found a brightly coloured painting in the rubbish on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. She later discovered it was Rufino Tamayo’s 1970 work “Tres Personajes”, stolen from a Houston couple in 1987. Sotheby’s planned to auction it for up to $1 million.
The Times of India
The Times of India
Jaden Newman Leaked Video Controversy: Viral Post Claims LaMelo Ball Paid Her $250K for One Encounter
A viral post claimed LaMelo Ball paid Jaden Newman $250,000 after seeing a private video, but no reliable evidence supports the alleged payment, encounter or quote.
International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
His Wife Says Decades of Sleep Talking Nearly Went Quiet After Hypnosis Gave Her a One-Word Cue
A man's decades-long sleep talking faded after hypnosis gave his wife a librarian's "Shhhh" as a cue, a case report says. Here's what it shows.
Medical Daily
Medical Daily
A Woman Smoked, Ate, and Walked in Her Sleep, and the Behaviors Returned Every Time Her Medication Stopped
A woman sleepwalked, ate, and smoked during sleep. A 2022 case report found that one bedtime drug quieted all three until it was stopped.
Medical Daily
Medical Daily
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.
Download on the AppStore Get it on Google Play