A manhunt is underway for a man who police say killed a man to hide his false identity.
Earlier this month, 911 operators in Hamilton County, Tennessee received a call from a hiker named Brandon Andrade, who said he had fallen off a cliff while running from a bear and was seriously injured.
When emergency workers found him, the man was dead. He had identification showing his name was Brandon Kristopher Andrade.
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Investigators later learned that the man who died was not Andrade and that the real Brandon Andrade’s identity had previously been stolen by Nicholas Wayne Hamlett.
Hamlett was living under Andrade’s name and used another assumed name when officers spoke to him about the hiker’s call. They say Hamlett left his home in Tennessee before investigators could determine his real name.
They have not yet been able to identify the victim and are currently calling him John Doe.
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Investigators say this isn’t the first time Hamlett has tried something like this. They confirmed that Channel 2 Action News that Hamlett lured a man into the woods in Alabama several years ago and was later arrested in Niceville, Florida.
Hamlett is currently wanted for the murder of John Doe. Police do not know where he is and say he should be considered armed and dangerous.
They added that Hamlett has ties to South Carolina, Alaska, Kentucky, Montana, Alabama and Tennessee.
Anyone who sees him or knows where he may be should call 911.
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