• The man police believe killed Steven Douglas Lloyd allegedly called 911 under a false name on the night of Oct. 18, claiming he was an injured hiker who had fallen off a cliff while fleeing a bear, according to a series of sheriff’s press releases.
• Police found a dead man with identification that matched the name provided by the caller.
• That ID card, which belonged to neither the caller nor the dead man, led police into a murder investigation that crossed state lines.

A man allegedly befriended another man, lured him to a wooded area in Tennessee, killed him, stole his identity, and then, call 911 with a fake name – Brandon Andrade – told police he was an injured hiker who had fallen off a cliff while fleeing from a bear, according to a series of news releases from the sheriff’s office.

Law enforcement rushed to the location of the supposedly injured hiker and found a dead man. But police later discovered that neither the dead man nor the person who called 911 was Andrade, according to Monroe County Sheriff Tommy J. Jones II.

Nicholas Wayne Hamlett “used a false name when speaking with authorities,” according to a news release from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.

Hamlett, 45, was arrested in Columbia, South Carolina, on Sunday, Nov. 10, after being recognized at a hospital there, according to the sheriff. Hamlett is charged with first-degree murder in Monroe County, Tennessee, and parole violation in Alabama, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.

Hamlett’s true identity was verified through his fingerprints, according to authorities.

With the courts closed for Veterans Day, it was not immediately clear whether Hamlett had pleaded guilty or hired an attorney.

The Monroe County E-911 Center in Tennessee received a 911 call from a man claiming to be Andrade at 11:34 p.m. on Oct. 18, according to the sheriff’s office.

The caller stated he was injured and partially submerged in water.

Authorities traced the call to the Charles Hall Bridge on the Cherahola Skyway in Tellico Plains, Tennessee. There, they found a dead man with identification in the name of Brandon Kristopher Andrade. The body was taken to the Knox County Regional Forensic Center.

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But over the course of their investigation, Monroe County authorities determined that the dead man was not Andrade and that identification found on his body had been stolen and used repeatedly, according to the sheriff’s office.

Tracking the use of that ID, law enforcement released a wanted poster for Hamlett, who they had determined had already fled his residence in Tennessee.

Hamlett, whose list of aliases also included “Nic Hamlett,” had previously been charged in Alabama with attempted murder and parole violation, according to a wanted poster issued by U.S. Marshals. (The disposition of that earlier case was not immediately clear.)

He was described as having ties to Tennessee, Montana, Alaska, Kentucky, North Carolina and Florida and traveling under aliases, according to the wanted poster.

The body was later identified as that of a 34-year-old person. Steven Douglas Lloyd from Knoxville, Tennessee.

Lloyd grew up as a foster child who was later adopted, according to Monroe County Sheriff Jones. He “suffered from trust issues and had been diagnosed with a mental health disorder known as reactive attachment disorder,” Sheriff Jones said in a news release.

The disorder is “a rare but serious condition in which an infant or young child does not form healthy bonds with his or her parents or caregivers,” according to the Mayo Clinicwhich identifies among its symptoms “unexplained withdrawal, fear, sadness or irritability”, “not seeking comfort or not showing a response when comfort is provided” and “not seeking support or assistance”.

The disorder can continue into adulthood.

Lloyd periodically left home to live on the streets, while still staying in contact with his family, according to Sheriff Jones, who described him as a man who “loved the outdoors and was very helpful when it came to others.”

Sheriff Jones said that Lloyd had trusted Hamlett, that the two had become friends and that they had lured him into the woods before Hamlett took “Steven’s life and identity.”