The incident began on October 18 when a man called 911 pretending to be a distressed hiker, according to a Friday news release from the Monroe County Tennessee Sheriff’s Office.
When first responders arrived at the scene in Tellico Plains, they found a dead man with identification belonging to Andrade, according to the sheriff’s office.
Investigators discovered that Nicholas Wayne Hamlett, 45, of Alabama had been using Andrade’s identification and that he was wanted in Alabama on a parole violation, the sheriff’s office said.
The sheriff’s office advises anyone with information about the case to share it with them and to call 911 if they see Hamlett.
CNN has reached out to the Monroe County Tennessee Sheriff’s Office for more information.
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