Woman convicted in Google exec's heroin death also accused in former boyfriend's death

ATLANTA — A former metro Atlanta woman convicted in the heroin death of a Google executive said she is remorseful about what happened.

Channel 2 Action News learned Alix Tichelman, who police called a "high-end call girl" in 2014, is facing new murder charges in another death; this time her former boyfriend, Dean Riopelle.

"When he fell unconscious, I did try to revive him to no avail,” Tichelman said.

For the first time since leaving a California prison, Tichelman, a Northview High School graduate, is speaking about the night she injected Google executive, Forrest Hayes with heroin and leaving him to die on his yacht.

"I wish I could go back and change what happened, but I can't. It's something I have to live with and something his family has to live with,” Tichelman said.

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After Hayes' death, Channel 2 Action News first broke news that police in Milton wanted to know if Tichelman played a role in her former boyfriend Dean Riopelle's heroin overdose death as well.

Channel 2 Action News has now learned a Fulton County grand jury indicted Tichelman on felony murder charges last September, claiming she injected the already drunk Riopelle with a deadly dose.

"I'm personally just glad they are and let the court process handle everything as it ought to happen," Kunz said.

Milton City Councilman Matt Kunz was a longtime friend of Riopelle's.

"Dean was a man who was moving beyond his past, but suffered somewhat because of it,” Kunz said.

Kunz said he remembers Riopelle's on-again-off-again relationship with Tichleman.

"When I met her, I think she was trying to fit, in a sense,” Kunz said.

Kunz said he hopes there's justice for his friend.

“Dean left this earth way too soon, and he was a great friend, and one day we'll see him again," Kunz said.

Tichelman was deported to her native Canada after her release from prison.

In a statement, Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said he's working with United States and Canadian authorities to have her extradited to Georgia to face the murder charges.

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