Nicholas Wayne Hamlett was arrested in South Carolina on Sunday, November 10, in connection with the October 18 murder of Steven Douglas Lloyd in a complex identity theft case.

• The man police believe killed Steven Douglas Lloyd allegedly called 911 under a false name late on the night of October 18, claiming he was an injured hiker who had fallen off a cliff while fleeing a bear , according to a series of press releases from the sheriff.

• Police found a dead man whose identification matched the name provided by the caller.

• That ID card – which did not belong to either the caller or the deceased man – led police to 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, call 911 with a false name – Brandon Andrade – told police he was an injured hiker who fell off a cliff while fleeing a bear, according to a series of news releases from the sheriff’s office.

Law enforcement 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 arrested in Columbia, South Carolina, on Sunday, November 10, after being recognized at a hospital there, according to the sheriff. Hamlett is charged with first-degree murder in Monroe County, Tennessee, 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 Veterans Day, it was not immediately clear whether Hamlett had pleaded guilty or retained an attorney.

The Monroe County, Tennessee, E-911 Center 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 claimed he was injured and partially submerged in water.

Law enforcement traced the call to the Charles Hall Bridge on the Cherahola Skyway in Tellico Plains, Tennessee. There, they found a dead man with an ID in the name of Brandon Kristopher Andrade. The body was transported to the Knox County Regional Forensic 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 multiple times, according to the sheriff’s office.

Tracing the use of this identity document, the police published a research poster for Hamlett, who they had determined had already fled his Tennessee residence.

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

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

The body was later identified as that of a 34-year-old man. 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 was diagnosed with a mental health disorder known as reactive attachment disorder,” Sheriff Jones said in a news release.

This disorder is “a rare but serious condition in which an infant or young child fails to establish healthy attachments with parents or caregivers,” according to the Mayo Clinicwhich identifies among its symptoms “unexplained withdrawal, fear, sadness or irritability”, “failing to seek comfort or showing no response when comfort is provided” and “failing to seek support or assistance”.

The disorder can continue into adulthood.

Lloyd periodically left home to live on the streets, while remaining 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 Lloyd trusted Hamlett, the two became friends and he was lured into the woods before Hamlett took “Steven’s life and his identity.”