Nicholas Hamlett

Nicholas Wayne Hamlett allegedly pretended to be a man named Brandon Andrade - whose stolen identification was found on a dead body in Tennessee. Hamlett is suspected of faking his own death by calling 911 and saying he had fallen off a cliff while being chased by a bear. Emergency responders later found a 'deceased male' at the scene with the 'identification of Mr Brandon Kristopher Andrade on his person. However, detectives later determined that the dead man was not Mr Andrade but rather that the identification had been stolen and used on multiple occasions. They later discovered that Hamlett, who was wanted in Alabama on a parole violation, had been using the ID. Meanwhile, Mr Andrade was alive and well. The dead man was identified as Steven Douglas Lloyd from Knoxville. Forensics officials also determined that the 34-year-old's cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head, which isn't consistent with a high fall or a bear attack. Hamlett has charges for first degree murder out of Monroe County, Tennessee and a parole violation out of the state of Alabama.