
FBI joins investigation as quiet mountain town rocked by hiker's slaying staged as bear attack
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Police believe Tennessee parolee Nicholas Hamlett stole Brandon Andrade's identity to evade police. Then, he allegedly killed a man and claimed a bear was responsible.
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Authorities traced the call to an area near Tellico Plains, northeast of Chattanooga. There, they found a bloodied corpse with Andrade's ID.
But an autopsy revealed that the dead man was not Andrade — authorities do not know who the deceased man is, law enforcement told WSB-TV Atlanta.
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