11/11/24 UPDATE: The suspect in a Monroe County murder has been taken into custody in South Carolina.

According to the Columbia Police Department, Nicholas Hamlett was found at a hospital there and taken into custody.

He is accused of killing 34-year-old Steven Lloyd in Tellico Plains on October 18th and is facing first-degree murder charges.

Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says Hamlett met Lloyd, befriended him and lured him into a wooded area to take his life and identity.

Hamlett is in the temporary custody of the U.S. Marshals Service Carolinas Regional Fugitive Task Force.

Arrangements are being made to extradite Hamlett back to Monroe County.

Hamlett is also wanted out of Alabama for a parole violation in connection to several charges, including two counts of attempted murder.

Update: The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victim of a murder, the suspect is at the center of a nationwide manhunt.

Police say 34-year-old Steven Lloyd was lured him into a wooded area to take his life and identity on October 18th in Tellico Plains reportedly by Nicholas Hamlett who was last seen in South Carolina on Friday.

Hamlett is also wanted out of Alabama for a parole violation in connection to several charges, including two counts of attempted murder. There is a $5,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.

Hamlett has ties all over the country, if you see him do not approach him, call 911.

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