Fake killers are targeted to cover up hiker's murder, but fake 911 call and stolen ID expose his bizarre plot: police

A Tennessee parolee killed a hiker and tried to pass it off as a bear attack by making a fake 911 call and using a stolen ID, police said.

Nicholas Wayne Hamlett allegedly called 911 earlier this month posing as Brandon Andrade. He told the operator he was seriously injured after a bear chased him off a cliff while hiking in Hamilton County, sheriffs told local media.

When rescuers arrived, they found a bloody corpse with de Andrade’s ID at the bottom of a cliff.

Nicholas Hamlett is accused of killing a hiker and blaming it on a bear. Getty Images/iStockphoto

Brandon Andrade (right), whose identity was allegedly stolen by Nicholas Hamlett. Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office Tennessee

But an autopsy revealed the body was not Andrade and officials have no idea who the dead man actually is told WSB-TV Atlanta.

Hamlett allegedly stole Andrade’s identity to escape parole and then faked his death for an unknown reason. He is now wanted for the hiker’s murder, officials said.

According to WSB-TV, Hamlett used another fake name when officers questioned him about the 911 call and then left town before determining his real name.

Hamlett had previously been arrested after luring a man into the woods in Alabama.

Hamlett is still at large, but he’s not out of the woods yet: police consider him armed and dangerous and are watching anyone who uses the name “Brandon Andrade.”