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Tennessee Trooper Pleads Not Guilty to 1997 Murder

12/19/2025

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  • Andrew Dykes, a Tennessee state trooper, pleaded not guilty to the 1997 murder of Tanya Jackson.
  • He was arrested in Florida and extradited to New York.
  • His attorney, Joseph Lo Piccolo, plans to contest DNA evidence tying Dykes to the crime.
  • Dykes and Jackson had a relationship during his marriage, and they had a daughter, Tatiana Marie Dykes, whose remains were found in 2011.
  • Law enforcement now says Jackson's case is unrelated to the Gilgo Beach murders.