Monroe County, TN (WOKI) A Monroe County murder suspect remains held without bail Tuesday following his first court appearance.

Nicholas Wayne Hamlett led law enforcement on an almost month-long manhunt before he was taken into custody in Columbia, South Carolina on November 10. He is accused of killing 34-year-old Steven Lloyd near the Cherohala Skyway, then making a bogus 911 call under the guise that he was an injured hiker in need of help, giving responders a false name and leading them to the scene where they found Lloyd’s body.

Hamlett was also appointed a public defender and given a date, November 26, for a possible preliminary hearing.