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Dad Arraigned In 'Horrifying' Murders Of NY Army Veteran, Toddler Daughter After 30 Years: DA Dad Arraigned In 'Horrifying' Murders Of NY Army Veteran, Toddler Daughter After 30 Years: DA
Dad Arraigned In 'Horrifying' Murders Of NY Army Veteran, Toddler Daughter After 30 Years: DA A Florida man accused of killing a New York Army veteran and her toddler daughter nearly three decades ago was arraigned Thursday, Dec. 18, in Nassau County Court. Andrew Dykes, 66, pleaded not guilty to murder in the deaths of Tanya Denise Jackson and her 2-year-old daughter, Tatiana Marie Dykes. He is the child’s father. Dykes was arrested earlier this month in Florida, as Daily Voice reported. He is due back in court in mid-January. Jackson’s remains were discovered in June 1997 at Hempstead Lake State Park in Lakeview, investigators said. Her body had been dismembered, and her identit…
Snooki Learns Why She Was Put Up For Adoption On Emotional Episode Of 'Jersey Shore' Snooki Learns Why She Was Put Up For Adoption On Emotional Episode Of 'Jersey Shore'
Snooki Learns Why She Was Put Up For Adoption On Emotional Episode Of 'Jersey Shore' Tears were flowing on the latest episode of "Jersey Shore: Family Vacation," when Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi met her birth mother for the first time, virtually. The emotional moment aired Thursday, June 5, and showed Snooki, now 37, breaking down as a translator shared messages between her and her birth mom, from Snooki's house in Florham Park. The two were connected through genealogist Pamela Slaton, who also helped castmate Angelina find her birth father last year. Snooki, who was adopted from Chile at 6 months, sat beside longtime friend and castmate Jenni “JWoww” Farley during the conversa…
Army Veteran, Toddler Daughter ID'd As 1997 Murder Victims On Long Island Army Veteran, Toddler Daughter ID'd As 1997 Murder Victims On Long Island
Army Veteran, Toddler Daughter ID'd As 1997 Murder Victims On Long Island An Army veteran single mother and her toddler daughter were publicly identified nearly three decades after they were murdered on Long Island. Tanya Denise Jackson, of Brooklyn, and her 2-year-old daughter, Tatiana Marie Dykes, were identified as the victims in the 1997 cold case killings that later became known as the "Peaches" homicides during a Nassau County Police press conference Wednesday, April 23.  Jackson's dismembered torso was discovered inside a plastic storage bin at Hempstead Lake State Park in June 1997. More of the 26-year-old's remains were found in April 2011…