Nicole Alston was a young woman whose partial remains were found in Troup County, Georgia, in 2007.
She was identified with assistance from Innovative Forensic Investigations and Gene by Gene Laboratories in December 2023.
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Alston was originally from Manhattan, New York, but she had moved to the Atlanta area in July 2006, after which time her family had not heard from her.
On December 6, 2007, police were called to a scene where a black bag had been dumped beside a rural roadside and set on fire. On investigation, they discovered the remains of an adult African-American woman, missing the head, hands and feet.