• The man police believe killed Steven Douglas Lloyd allegedly called 911 with a fake name late on the night of Oct. 18, claiming he was an injured hiker who fell off a cliff while running from a bear, according to a series of sheriff’s press releases.
• Officers found a dead man with an ID matching the name provided by the caller
• That ID card—which belonged to neither the appellant nor the deceased—led the police into a murder investigation that crossed state lines.

A man allegedly befriended another, lured him to a wooded area in Tennessee, killed him, stole his identity, and then, calling 911 under a false name — Brandon Andrade — told police he was an injured hiker who fell off a cliff while running from a bear, according to a series of news releases from the sheriff’s office.

Law enforcement officers rushed to the scene of the allegedly injured hiker and found a dead man. But police later discovered that neither the dead man nor the 911 caller was Andrade, according to Monroe County Sheriff Tommy J. Jones II.

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

Hamlett, 45, was custody in Columbia, SC, 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, Tenn., and a parole violation in Alabama, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.

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

With the courts closed for Veteran’s Day, it was not immediately clear whether Hamlett entered a plea or retained an attorney.

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

Appellant claimed he was injured and partially submerged in water.

Law enforcement tracked the call to the Charles Hall Bridge on the Cherahola Skyway in Tellico Plains, Tenn. There, they found a dead man with an ID in the name of Brandon Kristopher Andrade. The body was taken to the Knox County Regional Medical Examiner’s Center.

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

Following the use of that identification, law enforcement pulled a wanted poster for Hamlett, whom they had decided had already fled his residence in Tennessee.

Hamlett, whose list of aliases included “Nic Hamlett,” had previously been indicted in Alabama on charges of attempted murder and parole violation, according to a wanted poster issued by US 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 man Steven Douglas Lloyd of Knoxville, Tenn.

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 attachments with parents or caregivers,” according to Mayo Clinicwhich identifies among its symptoms “unexplained withdrawal, fear, sadness or irritability”, “does not seek comfort or show no response when comfort is offered” and “failure to seek support or assistance”.

The disorder can continues into adulthood.

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

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