A murder suspect is on the loose after making up the murder of a tourist as a bear attack

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has joined a multi-state manhunt for a Tennessee released on parole who allegedly staged a bear attack in an attempt to cover up the murder of a tourist.

Nicholas Wayne Hamlett posed as Brandon Andrade when he called 911 at around 11:34 p.m. on Oct. 24 and told police he was injured and trapped in a body of water after a bear chased him off a cliff while hiking in Hamilton County, the office wrote Monroe County sheriff’s office in a Facebook post.

Authorities traced the connection to an area near the Tellico Plains, northeast of Chattanooga. There they found a bloody body with Andrade’s ID.

However, an autopsy revealed that the deceased was not Andrade – authorities do not know who the deceased is, law enforcement said WSB-TV Atlanta.

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Nicholas Wayne Hamlett, pictured in the three photos above, is wanted for first-degree murder in Monroe County, Tennessee. He allegedly stole Brandon Andrade’s identity and claimed it was Andrade when he called 911, pretending to be a hiker who had been pushed off a cliff by a bear. (Monroe County Sheriff’s Office)

Forensic experts are working to create a sketch of “John Doe” in hopes of identifying him.

Police later learned that Andrade’s ID had been stolen by Hamlett and used multiple times. Police believe Hamlett stole an ID card to avoid parole and then faked his death for an unknown reason The New York Post reported the case..

Hamlett, 45, used a false name when police questioned him about the 911 call. Authorities believe he abandoned his home in Tennessee and say he also has contacts in Alabama, Montana, Alaska, Kentucky and Florida. WHAS 11 reported.

“The FBI provides technical and investigative assistance to state and local authorities. Since the case is ongoing, there is little we can say specifically,” a spokesman for the agency’s press office told Fox News Digital.

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Nicholas Hamlett is suspected of murder in Tennessee. (Monroe County Sheriff’s Office)

In 2009, Hamlett was arrested in Niceville, Florida, after luring a man into the woods in Alabama. according to WBS.

Hamlett held an Alabama man at gunpoint and tried to hit him with a baseball bat before burying him in the woods, AL.com reported. Court documents reviewed by the outlet show that when he contacted the victim, he used the name Joshua Jones to “secure insurance.”

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Tellico Plains in eastern Tennessee, the region where Hamlett disappeared. (Amy Smotherman Burgess/Knoxville News Sentinel via USA TODAY NETWORK)

Hamlett was charged with attempted murder and kidnapping in 2012, but pleaded guilty to the lesser offense of assault and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. According to investigators, he had four criminal convictions Alabama court records.

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Hamlett, wanted first degree murder is said to be responsible for the death of an unidentified man, is 177 cm tall and weighs 60 kg. He reportedly uses multiple aliases and may still be going by the name Brandon Andrade. He is considered “armed and dangerous,” police said.