MIAMI — A nationwide manhunt is underway for a man wanted for a murder out of Tennessee that happened last week.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office in Tennessee on Saturday night has asked for the public’s help in finding 45-year-old Nicholas Wayne Hamlett, who they said it wanted for first-degree murder. Authorities told CBS News Miami that he has ties to Montana, Tennessee, Alabama, Alaska, Kentucky and Florida.
Hamlett is said to be 5’7″ and 170 lbs and is considered to be armed and dangerous. Authorities said Hamlett’s location is currently unknown and if you see him, do not approach him and call 911 immediately.
Just before 11:35 p.m. on Oct. 18, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office received a transferred call from Polk County, Tennessee, about a distressed hiker who claimed to be a man named “Brandon Andrade,” the Saturday night press release stated. The man allegedly told dispatchers that he had “fallen off a cliff while running from a bear,” and that he was injured and partially in the water. Authorities were able to ping his location in the area of the Charles Hall Bridge on the Cherahola Skyway in Tellico Plains, at least 80 miles northwest of Chattanooga.