Suspect in Staged Bear Attack Murder Arrested After National Manhunt

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 identified Hamlett using fingerprints and linked him to a parole violation in Alabama. The incident involved Hamlett posing as a hiker named Brandon Andrade, whose identity he had stolen. The victim, Lloyd, was known to have mental health issues and was lured into the woods by Hamlett, who was a trusted acquaintance.