MINEOLA, Lengthy Island — Nassau police revealed the identification of the Gilgo Seaside murder sufferer often called Jane Doe No. 3, generally known as “Peaches,” and her toddler, at a information convention in Mineola on Wednesday.
The lady was discovered inside a Rubbermaid container at Hempstead Lake State Park in Lakeview in June 1997.
The skeletal stays of her youngster had been discovered throughout a collection of discoveries off Ocean Parkway in April 2011, and the toddler was linked to her 5 years later via DNA evaluation as a part of the renewed Gilgo Seaside murder investigation.
The identifications had been beforehand made, however had not been made public for investigative causes.
On Wednesday morning, police introduced the mom was named Tanya and the kid was named Tatiana. Crime Stoppers is providing a $25,000 reward for info that results in an arrest.
In 2022, the FBI sought info on a deceased man in Cell, Alabama, who investigators believed had a genetic connection to the girl and youngster.
Their deaths are a part of the bigger suspected Gilgo Seaside sample, though they haven’t been linked to suspect Rex Heuermann, at the moment charged in seven killings.
His case is again in court docket in Riverhead on Wednesday for a short convention with the attorneys to set a schedule for the continued Frye listening to. Heuermann is not going to attend the temporary listening to.
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