Former Florida Police trooper Andrew Dykes—who faces a murder indictment that once was tied to the notorious Gilgo Beach killings—entered a not‑guilty plea in a Nassau County courtroom on Thursday. Dykes, 66, kept his mouth shut while his attorney, Joseph Lo Piccolo, outlined plans to contest DNA evidence that prosecutors assert links the ex‑police officer to the 1997 death of U.S.

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When Tanya Jackson wanted to start a new life, Andrew Dykes killed her and disposed of her remains along Gilgo Beach nearly 30 years ago, prosecutors say

The suspect in the 1997 murder of a woman and her daughter whose bodies were found near Gilgo Beach appeared before a judge in Mineola on Thursday morning.

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The ex-Florida state trooper charged with murdering Gilgo Beach victim "Peaches" — whose slaying was thought to be the work of a serial killer — pleaded not guilty Thursday in Long Island court.

Andrew Dykes, the Army veteran accused of murdering a young mother long known only as “Peaches,” slicing up her body and dumping it on Gilgo Beach, pleaded not guilty on Thursday.

Andrew Dykes, the Hillsborough County man charged in the death of Tanya Jackson and her child — a case with ties to the Gilgo Beach murders — is being held in Orient Road Jail.

HEMPSTEAD, NY - A Florida man has been arrested in connection with the 1997 deaths of a U.S. Army veteran and her 2-year-old daughter, whose remains were d...

For years, the 1997 killing of a young woman found in a Long Island state park — her body dismembered, left unidentifiable beyond a tattoo of a peach — seemed

For years, the 1997 killing of a young woman found in a Long Island state park — her body dismembered, left unidentifiable beyond a tattoo of a peach — seemed

In this episode, we uncover a terrifying serial murder case in Long Island, where four women—Maurine Brainard Barnes, Melissa Bartelemy, Megan Waterman, and Amber Costelo—were found buried symmetrically at Gilgo Beach in December 2010, after disappearing for years without serious investigation. Shocking unique facts include how the perpetrator, architect Rex Heuerman, used online platforms to target vulnerable women, leaving bodies in neat packages as if following a script, and making anonymous threatening calls to the victims' families. This discovery unfolded after a police dog found the first package, revealing a pattern overlooked for years due to the system's indifference toward women living on society's fringes. In this episode, you'll learn how an investigation delayed for more than a decade finally led to Heuerman's arrest through analysis of telecommunications data, DNA, and his online search history, as well as important lessons about the need to connect missing persons reports and listen to victims' families' voices. This is a story of systemic failures that allowed a predator to operate freely, reminding us to be more vigilant about social vulnerabilities. 

The woman’s body was found near her 2-year-old’s, and the man who was charged was the child’s father, the authorities said. The case did not appear to be linked to the Long Island serial killings.