Overview

• Angel Marie Thompson was booked on August 12, 2025, on a murder charge and two identity-theft counts for the killing of her girlfriend, 24-year-old Nicole Alston.
• Alston’s remains were found in December 2007 in a smoldering black bag along a Troup County road, with 13 dismembered pieces and her hands, feet and head missing.
• Genetic genealogy confirmed Alston’s identity in December 2023, prompting the case’s reopening and Thompson’s 2024 arrest on charges of concealing death and assuming the victim’s identity.
• Prosecutors allege Thompson siphoned roughly $140,000–$200,000 in Social Security, food stamps and housing benefits by posing as Alston for eight years.
• Authorities have urged anyone with information to step forward as they build toward an October indictment that could add human trafficking and domestic violence charges.