Murder Suspect Arrested After Faking Bear Attack in Identity Theft Plot
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Nicholas Wayne Hamlett, 45, was arrested in South Carolina for allegedly murdering Steven Douglas Lloyd in Tennessee and staging it as a bear attack to steal Lloyd's identity. Authorities discovered Hamlett had been using a stolen ID belonging to Brandon Andrade and was wanted for a parole violation in Alabama. The FBI confirmed Hamlett's identity through fingerprints, and he faces first-degree murder charges in Monroe County, Tennessee.
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