Police officials on Wednesday announced the identities of a woman and her 2-year-old child, whose bodies were found near the desolate stretch of Long Island seafront that was the scene of the Gilgo Beach serial killings.
The woman had long been known as Jane Doe No. 3 — or “Peaches,” after a fruit tattoo — and was thought to be the mother of a toddler whose body was also found along the South Shore’s beachfront. She was Tanya Denise Jackson and her daughter was Tatiana Marie Dykes, Detective Sergeant Stephen E. Fitzpatrick of the Nassau County police department said at a news conference.
Rex Heuermann, a Massapequa Park, N.Y., architectural consultant, has pleaded not guilty to killing seven women, including six whose remains were found off Ocean Parkway. But until Wednesday, three of the 10 Gilgo victims found in the area, and in nearby Southampton, had not been identified. The authorities did not say whether they believe Mr. Heuermann killed Ms. Jackson and the child.
