After what appeared to be a fall at a waterfall, a muffled 911 caller claimed, “I was running from a bear.” Authorities, however, claim that he was a killer who staged a tragic fall. Authorities did indeed discover a body. He wasn’t the one.
The audio is available below. On October 18, a Polk County, Tennessee, 911 dispatcher sent a call to her Monroe County equivalent. A hiker named Brandon Andre reported falling from a cliff, according to authorities. According to detectives, the caller was actually 45-year-old Nicholas Wayne Hamlett.
The audio following features images of Hamlett that were made public by deputies when they were looking for him.
The Polk County dispatcher in this recording informed her colleague, “He has two percent left on his cellphone.” At a few waterfalls, he tumbled down the cliff. He landed on his head. He claims he is unable to lift his legs due to severe pain.
In the end, the Monroe County dispatcher asked the caller—who was supposedly Hamlett—for more information about where he was.
In the audio, he stated, “I’m at the waterfall.”
According to officials, the call originated near Charles Hall Bridge on the Cherahola Skyway in Tellico Plains. When first responders arrived and conducted a search, they did discover a deceased male with Brandon Kristopher Andrade’s identity on his body.
But when law enforcement dug deeper, they learned that the victim was not Andrade, and that, in fact, the ID had been stolen and used multiple times elsewhere. They assert that Hamlett was wanted in Alabama for a parole violation and had been using the ID.
Eventually, investigators determined that the victim was 34-year-old Steven Douglas Lloyd, who is shown below.
Investigators claim that Hamlett made friends with Lloyd with the intent of killing him to steal his identity. Hamlett lured him out to the woods and concocted a scheme to cover up the killing, detectives said. He allegedly sought to collect money from Andrade’s life insurance policy.
Authorities arrested Hamlett in South Carolina,creditinghelp from an eagle-eyed hospital worker who recognized him as a fugitive. His wife, Taylor Ann Fiber,is charged with helping him attempt to evade law enforcement.
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