Remains of U.S. Army veteran and 2-year-old toddler found near Gilgo Beach
- Nassau County police identified the remains of a woman and toddler on Wednesday.
- Investigators used advanced DNA and genealogy methods for identification.
- Officials named the victims Tanya Denise Jackson, 26, and her daughter Tatiana Marie Dykes, 2.
- Jackson's dismembered body was found in 1997, and her daughter's remains in 2011 near Gilgo Beach.
- Police currently state no evidence links these deaths to Rex Heuermann.
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Remains ID'd, but deaths may be unrelated to serial killings
MINEOLA, N.Y. — A woman and toddler whose remains were discovered scattered along an oceanfront highway not far from the victims of Long Island's infamous Gilgo Beach killings were identified Wednesday as an Army veteran from Alabama and her daughter.
Remains found near Gilgo Beach IDed
MINEOLA, N.Y. — A woman and toddler whose remains were discovered scattered along an oceanfront highway not far from the victims of Long Island's infamous Gilgo Beach killings were identified Wednesday as an Army veteran from Alabama and her daughter.
NY remains identified after 28 years as US Army veteran and her daughter
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A woman and toddler whose remains were discovered scattered along an oceanfront highway not far from the victims of Long Island’s infamous Gilgo Beach killings were identified Wednesday as a U.S. Army veteran from Alabama and her daughter.
Remains of Mother, Child Found Near Giglo Beach Identified 28 Years Later
After 28 years, Long Island law enforcement has finally identified the remains of a mother and toddler discovered along an oceanfront highway not far from the victims of the infamous Gilgo Beach killings. On April 23, Nassau County police publicly identified the mother as U.S. Army veteran Tanya Denise Jackson, 26, of Mobile, Alabama, and her daughter Tatiana Marie Dykes, two. They were living in Brooklyn when they were killed. Jackson’s remains…
Long Island Cold Case Victims Identified Through DNA, Decades After Discovery
A woman and toddler whose remains were discovered scattered along an oceanfront highway not far from the victims of Long Island’s infamous Gilgo Beach killings were identified Wednesday as an Army veteran from Alabama and her daughter. Tanya Denise Jackson, 26, of Mobile, had been living in Brooklyn with her 2-year-old daughter, Tatiana Marie Dykes, at the time of their deaths, Nassau County police announced. The U.S. Army veteran, who police sa…
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