A suspect has been arrested in connection with the 1997 killing of “Peaches,” a mother investigators once thought was murdered by the notorious Gilgo Beach serial killer.

Andrew Dykes, 66, was arrested near Tampa on a warrant out of Nassau County, New York, and charged with two counts of murder, including that of Tanya Denise Jackson, a source familiar with the investigation told Newsday. He’s being held in the Hillsborough County jail until he can be cleared for extradition.

Jackson’s torso was found stuffed into a container in a wooded part of Hempstead Lake State Park in June 1997. She remained unidentified for years, with authorities referring to her as “Peaches” due her distinct tattoo of the fruit.

The remains of her daughter, dubbed “Baby Doe,” were found a few miles away al

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