A man told 911 a bear chased him off a cliff. Weeks later, he was arrested for murder
Authorities say Nicholas Hamlett killed a man in Tennessee in an attempt to steal his identity, and reported it to police as a bear attack. He was arrested in South Carolina after a weekslong manhunt.
Man who allegedly staged bear attack arrested for murder in stolen identity scheme
A man accused of killing a person and staging it as a fatal bear attack in Tennessee was taken into custody in South Carolina over the weekend on murder charges, in what authorities described as a plot to steal the victim’s identity.
Arrest made after hiker murdered in small mountain town slaying staged as bear attack
Nicholas Hamlett, who allegedly staged a bear attack to cover up a Tennessee murder, was captured in South Carolina after he was recognized at a hospital.
Murder Suspect Who Alleged Bear Attack Is Captured in South Carolina
The suspect was taken into custody, ending a multistate manhunt in a case involving a suspicious emergency call, a false identity and a fake bear attack.
Murderer allegedly calls police to report the crime as a bear attack
It was approximately 11:34 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18, when the call came in to the Monroe County E-911 Center in Tennessee. A man who called in said he fell off a cliff while being chased by a bear.
Fugitive arrested on suspicion of murder weeks after 'faking own death in bear attack'
A fugitive suspected of faking his own death by calling 911 and saying he had fallen off a cliff while being chased by a bear has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
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