A Florida man was arrested for the killing of “Peaches,” the mom whose remains were discovered on Long Island and whose 1997 slaying was long-believed to be tied to the Gilgo Beach serial murders.

Nassau County Police Department officials on Friday confirmed the arrest of Andrew Dykes, 66, who was busted near Tampa on a warrant out of New York Wednesday — just months after authorities finally identified the victim nicknamed “Peaches” as 26-year-old US Army veteran Tanya Jackson.

Dykes is the father of Jackson’s 2-year-old daughter, Tatiana Marie Dykes, whose scattered remains were found in 2011, miles away from where her mother’s body parts were discovered, law enforcement sources told Newsday.

The identities of a dismembered woman dubbed “Peaches” and her 2-year-old daughter were finally revealed by cops on Wednesday as Tanya Denise Jackson and Tatiana Marie Dykes. Dennis A. Clark

He was indicted on a murder charge by a grand jury and made an initial appearance in Hillsborough County Court in Florida on Thursday, court records show.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that Dykes had been picked up on a fugitive warrant for murder. He was awaiting extradition to New York.

The Nassau County District Attorney’s Office declined to comment on the arrest when contacted by the Post. 

Jackson’s torso was found stuffed into a container in a wooded part of Hempstead Lake State Park in June 1997. For decades, she was only referred to as “Peaches” due to a tattoo of the fruit found on her body.

Andrew Dykes, 66, was arrested for the murders Wednesday.

The remains of her daughter, formerly known as “Baby Doe,” were uncovered in 2011 near other bodies found during an investigation into the infamous Gilgo Beach murders.

Nassau County officials identified the mother and daughter earlier this year, using genetic genealogy.

The Alabama native had been living in Brooklyn and working as a medical assistant at a doctor’s office around the time she vanished, police said.

Jackson was long dubbed “Peaches” due to a tattoo of the fruit found on her body. Mobile Police Department

The mother and daughter were long-believed to be linked to the notorious Gilgo murders, in which the remains of at least 10 people — mainly female sex workers — were found strewn along a highway not far from the Long Island beach.

Accused killer Rex Heuermann has been charged with seven murders, including six women whose bodies were found near Tatianna Dykes — but officials have said they believe the mother-daughter case is separate.

Accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann is escorted into the courtroom at Suffolk County Court in Riverhead on Tuesday, April 16, 2025. Newsday

“We’re not saying it’s [Heuermann], but we’re not saying it’s not him,” Nassau County Homicide Det. Lt. Stephen Fitzpatrick told reporters at an April press conference while announcing Jackson and her daughter’s identities.

Heuermann, an architect from Massapequa Park, was initially charged in 2023 in the deaths of three of the victims discovered over the years — including Melissa Barthelemy, Amber Lynn Costello and Megan Waterman.

While behind bars, he was charged in the deaths of four other women: Valerie Mack in 2000, Jessica Taylor in 2003, Maureen Brainard-Barnes in 2007 and Sandra Costilla in 1993.

Heuermann, who is scheduled to go to trial sometime next year, has pleaded not guilty to all counts and has maintained his innocence.