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Georgia woman chopped up girlfriend then spent years living as her victim to collect benefits – Angel Marie Thompson handed 80-count indictment, 6 months after her arrest for 2007 murder

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5a140fa5b50331b00eb3df0b5b6281b6" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1e0404&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Woman who killed and dismembered her live in girlfriend then spent years living impersonating the dead woman has been hit with 80-count indictment<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f933fdc93ad77ba3f1ac8e9bd6ea76cb" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1e0404&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Angel Thompson&comma; now 52&comma; was indicted in Fulton County Superior Court&comma; Georgia&comma; for the killing and dismemberment of her former lover&comma; Nicole Alston&comma; 24 in 2007<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d78c805c48b5c8a32be30e2a5476f031" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1e0404&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Alston&&num;8217&semi;s body parts were found scattered in different places in December 2007&comma; burnt beyond recognition that it took 18 years for identification through enhanced DNA technology <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7c68a4e4a74b00bc372ddf8bc2a39caf" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1e0404&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong><strong>Nearly two decades ago&comma; after the victim&&num;8217&semi;s body parts were found&comma; <strong>hands&comma; feet and her head remain missing<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d66dbd9c7926b01ae3ce59d9c74c460a" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1e0404&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Probable cause presented to a grand jury on Feb&period; 24&comma; mention evidence of murder&comma; removal of human body parts from scene of death or dismemberment <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ea22b2e2c16d63b8f0b45d13e09fdb6b" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1e0404&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Other allegations include identity theft&comma; insurance fraud&comma; forgery&comma; aggravated assault&comma; aggravated battery&comma; concealing death of another&comma; tampering with evidence <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;03&sol;image-3&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-494350" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Angel Marie Thompson &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; has been hit with an 80-count indictment in the Dec&period; 2007 murder of Nicole Alston&period; Prosecutors said she was motivated by the prospect of losing her only means of financial support&comma; a lover who had indicated that she was quitting the relationship<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A Georgia woman accused of murdering the younger girlfriend &comma; she was exploiting financially&comma; when tried to leave and go back home to New York&comma; is facing a plethora of charges in Fulton County&period;<br>The killer has been accused of chopping up the body into 13 &&num;8220&semi;pieces&&num;8221&semi;&comma; hiding her hands&comma; feet and head somewhere while burning the rest of her remains at a corner on a quiet road&comma; 19 years ago&period;<br>52-year-old Angel Thompson&&num;8217&semi;s 80 counts indictment last week by a grand jury in Fulton County Superior Court&comma; comes a little over six months after she was arrested for the killing and dismemberment of her former lover&comma; Nicole Alston&period;<br>The 24-year-old woman&&num;8217&semi;s dismembered body was found scattered in different places in Fulton County&comma; Georgia in December&comma; 2007&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;03&sol;Nicole-Alston-left-and-Angel-Thompson-right-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-494346" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size" id&equals;"caption-attachment-544379"><strong>Angel Marie Thompson &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; allegedly dumped and set the dismembered body of estranged girlfriend Nicole Alston &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; on fire at the corner of Whitfield Road and Stitcher Road in Hogansville&comma; Ga&period; in 2007<&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Probable cause presented to a grand jury on February 24&comma; include evidence of murder&comma; removal of human body parts from scene of death or dismemberment&comma; identity theft when using or possessing identifying info concerning a deceased individual&comma; insurance fraud&comma; forgery&comma; aggravated assault&comma; aggravated battery&comma; concealing death of another&comma; tampering with evidence&comma; and numerous other charges&period;<br>&&num;8220&semi;This case involves what are just horrific facts&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis while announcing Thompson&&num;8217&semi;s arrest in August 2025<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;08&sol;Nicole-Alstons-body-was-found-burnt-beyond-recognition-and-were-only-identified-through-advanced-DNA-testing-in-early-2023&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-483892" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Alston was discovered cut into 13 pieces&comma; with her hands&comma; feet&comma; and head missing&comma; in a burning body bag on the side of a quiet road in Fulton County&comma; Ga&period; in 2007&period; Burnt beyond recognition&comma; she was only identified through advanced DNA testing in 2023<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Nearly two decades passed before local investigators were able to positively identify the victim and zero in on a suspect in the murder&comma; after sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s deputies in Troup County found a suspicious black bag that was on fire at the corner of Whitfield Road and Stitcher Road in Hogansville&period;<br> Inside was a torso and other parts of her body&comma; later identified as belonging to Nicole Alston&period;<br>&&num;8220&semi;When they found her body&comma; it was cut&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Willis said&period;<br>&&num;8220&semi;They found 13 pieces of her body&comma; but they were not able to identify her&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she explained to reporters&period; &&num;8220&semi;The reason that they were not able to identify her is because&comma; until this day&comma; we still have not been able to find her hands&comma; her feet&comma; or her head&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br>The case was reviewed by local authorities in 2023&comma; and DNA evidence was sent to Innovative Forensic Investigations in Virginia and Gene by Gene Laboratories in Texas for analysis&period; The positive identification was handed over to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation &lpar;GBI&rpar; crime lab&period;<br>In December 2023 authorities confirmed that the remains belonged to Alston&comma; who had moved to Georgia from Manhattan&comma; New York&comma; &&num;8220&semi;to start her life&comma;&&num;8221&semi; according to the victim&&num;8217&semi;s mother&comma; Sylvia Austin&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;03&sol;Nicole-Alston-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-494347" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Thompson sexually trafficked her girlfriend Nicole Alston &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; and murdered her when she tried to leave the relationship – Fulton County prosecutor Fani Willis&period; The killer had been using dating apps to look for a new partner on the night she allegedly killed Alston<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;She came to Georgia with this person who told her she was going to help her&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Austin said her daughter told her when she was relocating from New York&period; <br>Alston was ultimately identified through an Ancestry&period;com search conducted by Austin&&num;8217&semi;s sister&period;<br>Thompson was arrested and charged with concealing Alston&&num;8217&semi;s death in August 2023&comma; but not for murder&period;<br>Police say that prior to Alston&&num;8217&semi;s disappearance&comma; she and Thompson were living together at 9100 Cascade Palmetto Highway&period; <br>Their relationship soon hit a rocky patch began to sour between the two of them Alston&comma; who allegedly was the main provider in the relationship&comma; told her mom that Thompson had become &&num;8220&semi;abusive&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br>&&num;8220&semi;She wanted to come home … but said she had it under control&comma;&&num;8221&semi; County DA Fanny Willis told reporters&period; &&num;8220&semi;That was her last phone call&period;&&num;8221&semi; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;03&sol;Angel-Marie-Thompson-6&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-494351" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Fulton County DA&comma; Fani Willis holds up the photo of Angel Marie Thompson&comma; which she&comma; allegedly use to replace the true image of the woman she murdered and dismembered in 2007&period; She <strong>swapped Alston’s photo with her picture on her driver’s license in 2010&comma; used to <strong>opened bank accounts and email accounts<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Thompson allegedly stole Alston&&num;8217&semi;s identity to collect Social Security benefits&comma; food stamps&comma; and Section 8 housing funds under her name for eight years&period; She then opened bank accounts&comma; email accounts&comma; and swapped Alston’s photo with her picture on her driver’s license in 2010&period;<br>Thompson was facing one count of malice murder and two counts of identity theft before her indictment in late February&period; <br>Authorities described her killing of Alston as &&num;8220&semi;homicidal violence by undetermined means&comma;&&num;8221&semi; allegedly because at the time she had outstanding warrants in New York and was worried about moving back there&comma; aggravated by the the possibility of losing her main source of income in the person of Alston&period;<br>&&num;8220&semi;This involves classic domestic violence&comma; where the young lady was basically not going to allow both her lover&comma; and I hate to say such a nasty term&comma; but really &&num;8216&semi;cash cow&comma;&&num;8217&semi; the person that was bringing her money&comma; to go&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the Fulton County DA said&period; <br>&&num;8220&semi;And it ended tragically&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;03&sol;Angel-Marie-Thompson-5&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-494356" style&equals;"aspect-ratio&colon;1&period;1425955277003907&semi;width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong><strong>Thompson stole Alston&&num;8217&semi;s<&sol;strong> identity to live off her government checks<strong> on Social Security benefits&comma; food stamps&comma; and Section 8 housing funds under her name for eight years&period; She stole<&sol;strong> &dollar;140&comma;000 in govt&period; benefits&comma; buying cars and renting apts in the assumed name <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Following her arrest police revealed that Less than a month after killing Alston&comma; Thompson began using her identity and tried to sell her car&period; She even rented out her apartment&period;<br>&&num;8220&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s beyond the pale of what it took to do this&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Troup County Investigator Clay Bryant said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;It took a true sociopath&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br>After Alston&&num;8217&semi;s body was found&comma; Thompson was &&num;8216&semi;already on dating websites&comma; trying to meet people&comma; rent the room&comma; sell the car&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>&&num;8220&semi;Immediately after this young lady went missing and we now know is deceased&comma; the suspect was trying to recruit other victims&comma;&&num;8221&semi; DA Willis said&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;We believe this ties directly to trafficking other women&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>&&num;8220&semi;She did it very well and I believe did it alone&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the detective said&period; &&num;8220&semi;Which is why it took so long to get where we are&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br>Thompson allegedly opened email accounts and bank accounts in her victim&&num;8217&semi;s name and also communicated with government agencies to steal her benefits&period; She&&num;8217&semi;s accused of collecting nearly &dollar;140&comma;000 in benefits using Alston&&num;8217&semi;s identity&period; <br>The breakdown includes over &dollar;60&comma;000 in Social Security&comma; &dollar;17&comma;000 in food stamps&comma; and approximately &dollar;60&comma;000 in HUD housing assistance in an eight-year fraud scheme&comma; from late 2007&comma; until Alston&&num;8217&semi;s benefits stopped in March 2015&period;<br>The murder suspect is being held at the Fulton County Jail&period; 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