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Angel Marie Thompson has been charged with murder and identify theft in connection to the 2007 death of Nicole Alston

The partial remains of 24-year-old Alston were discovered in December 2007 in a smoldering bag at the side of the road in Hogansville, Georgia

Alston was Thompson's girlfriend, according to local media reports

The former girlfriend of a woman whose body was found dismembered in a bag that was then set on fire has now been charged with murder 17 years later.

On Tuesday, Aug. 12, Angel Marie Thompson was booked by the Sandy Springs Police Department in Georgia and charged with one count of murder and two counts of identity theft, per online jail records seen by PEOPLE.

The offense date was listed as Dec. 6, 2007, which is when the body of Nicole Alston, 2

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