ACTIVE SEARCH TN -- Someone called 911, said bear chased him off a cliff. Deputies say it was murder. Stolen id. John Doe. Hamilton Co. Oct. 2024.

I don’t know if it’s just me but I’m not understanding this story at all…lol
Bad guy named Hamlett stole id from an acqaintance named Andrade. Probably used it to get away with some crimes. Wanted to change his identity again, so lured some poor guy into the woods, murdered him/threw him off cliff. Stole unknown man's ID, and staged 911 call/body to make it seem Andrade/he himself had died in the accident.

ETA; Hamlett thought he was a genius, but others have tried it before...
 
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Bad guy named Hamlett stole id from an acqaintance named Andrade. Probably used it to get away with some crimes. Wanted to change his identity again, so lured some poor guy into the woods, murdered him/threw him off cliff. Stole unknown man's ID, and staged 911 call/body to make it seem Andrade had died by accident.

ETA; Hamlett thought he was a genius, but others have tried it before...
Thanks, that clears it up much better.
 
I can’t readily access the FBI document and don’t want the download.

In the article in post #1 above….. is it known whether all three pictures are of the alleged suspect Nicholas Wayne Hamlett? It doesn’t seem clear from my reading it.

Might the first picture (on the left) be a post mortem representation of the unknown victim John Doe? If not, what other information is available on trying to ID that individual. IIIUC it will be critical knowing that to try and track Hamlett.

Sorry if these are stupid questions. And no @jenn83 ….you are not alone. And @Cedars - thank you for the Cliffs’ Notes on this one! Time to get some sleep over here. MOO
 
Nope. Now I’m confused again.
Me three @jenn83 ……. @Cedars I think you were correct the first time? The article in post #1 does say that Hamlett had tried something like this before. (And IMO ‘bad guy’ (Hamlett) was trying to create a death for the assumed identity he had taken from Andrade IIUC - by staging a death for the still unidentified individual…… (that was supposed to be ‘Andrade’ through actions of Hamlett). Quoting from a section towards the bottom of the article:

“Investigators say this isn’t the first time Hamlett has tried something like this. They confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that several years ago, Hamlett lured a man into the woods in Alabama and was later arrested in Niceville, Florida.”

MOO
 
Nope. Now I’m confused again.
Sorry... There's a real person named Andrade, he was not murdered. If the police believed the body was Andrade, they'd contact his next of kin, and they'd say "he's not dead, he's right here!"

So if bad guy Hamlett understood the above scenario would happen, then he was actually trying to make it look like the person who died was fake Andrade ie whoever had stolen the ID, ie himself.

JMO
 
dude is stupid - why did he even try to concoct such a bizarre story? he would've been better off just leaving the body with no i.d.

and he's tried it before???!!!
I don't think he murdered anyone before, he was out on parole.

Unfortunately, he could certainly do it again, now that he's wanted for murder instead of just a parole violation.

JMO
 

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