LONG ISLAND, New York -- Nearly 30 years after her body was found on Long Island, the suspected killer of a woman known as "Peaches" appeared before a Florida judge on Thursday facing murder charges.

Andrew Dykes, 66, was arrested Wednesday near Tampa on a warrant out of Nassau County, New York over the 1997 death of Tanya Jackson, law enforcement sources told ABC News.

The Nassau County district attorney's office declined to comment.

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Jackson was 26 when she was found dismembered in Lakeview. Her 2-year-old daughter, Tatiana, was found 14 years later near Gilgo Beach.

Until recently, Jackson, a U.S. Army veteran, was known only as "Peaches" because of a distinctive tattoo and her daughter "Baby

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