The site where Valerie Mack and Tatiana Dykes were found
Crime Scene Location in Gilgo Beach, New York
On April 4th, 2011, a police search team discovered two sets of human remains at this section of Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach.
The first set included the skull, hands, and foot of an adult woman. The second was the skeleton of a female toddler that had been wrapped in a blanket.
Due to their close proximity to one another, it was initially presumed that the two remains belonged to a mother and child. However, DNA testing quickly proved that this wasn't the case.
The partial adult remains belonged to a sex worker named Valerie Mack, whose torso had been dumped in a wooded area in Manorville 10 years prior.
The toddler, on the other hand, was found to be the daughter of "Peaches", whose torso was discovered in Hempstead Lake State Park in 1997.
"Peaches" and her daughter, "Baby Doe", remained unidentified until April 2025, when the authorities announced that they had identified the pair as 26-year-old Tanya Denise Jackson and 2-year-old Tatiana Dykes.
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Location
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Address
Gilgo Beach, New York, NY 11702, USA
GPS coordinates
The latitude and longitude coordinates for the site are:
40.637333, -73.333855
Details about the general area
The site is situated on Jones Beach Island, which is off the southern coast of Long Island, New York.
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Crime Location in Gilgo Beach, New York
