FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — A woman once suspected but never charged is now facing a murder count, 18 years after her friend's body was found in a burning bag on a quiet roadside in Troup County.

Sources tell 11Alive that Angel M. Thompson has been charged with murder in connection with Nicole Alston's death. Thompson was booked in Fulton County Jail on Monday. Jail records show her murder warrant is dated Dec. 6, 2007, the same day Alston's remains were discovered.

The case had previously gone cold for over 15 years. It reopened in 2023, when advanced DNA testing confirmed the remains belonged to Alston, a 24-year-old woman from Manhattan, New York, who had recently moved to Atlanta. At the time, Thompson was charged with concealing Alston's death and committing years of identity fraud in her

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