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A shocking cold case involving the discovery of a beheaded body found in a burning bag along a roadside in Georgia has taken a new turn, nearly 17 years later, with the arrest of the victim’s friend. While authorities do not accuse the suspect of the killing, the charges stem from an alleged fraudulent scheme tied to the victim’s identity.
In December 2007, the Troup County Sheriff’s Office responded to a grisly scene, where they found a burning black bag containing the remains of a woman. The body was mutilated, missing its head, hands, and feet, leaving authorities stumped for years as they struggled to identify the victim. It wasn’t until December 2023, after advancements in DNA technology, that police were able to identify the remains as those of 24-year-old Nicole Alston, a woman who had been last heard from in New York on Thanksgiving 2007.