TikTok Star Arrested After Therapist Was Found Dead In Louisiana

10/03/2024 01:11 PM

Police arrested a TikTok influencer in connection to the murder of a therapist whose body was found wrapped in a tarp in a Louisiana highway over the weekend.

Terryon Ishmael Thomas, a 20-year-old who goes by Mr. Prada on TikTok, was wanted on charges of damage to property, resisting an officer, and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle following the death of William Nicholas Abraham, according to a report from USA Today.

Here's more from the report:

Abraham's body was discovered Sunday along Highway 51 between the unincorporated community of Fluker and the Village of Tangipahoa on the state's southeastern border, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office reported. The body was found partially hidden along the road, about 60 miles northeast of Baton Rouge, where detectives said the victim worked.

The local coroner determined Abraham died as a result of blunt force trauma and ruled his death a homicide, the sheriff's office said.

Police took Thomas into custody in Dallas, Texas on Tuesday night and he remained jailed without bond as of Wednesday. At this time it's not clear if Thomas and the victim knew each other and police have not released a motive in the killing.

Here's more details from how police identified Thomas:

According to a warrant, a Baton Rouge Police officer attempted a traffic stop of a black Lincoln MKZ in the city about 50 miles southwest of where Abraham's body was found.

The officer attempted to pull the vehicle over after its license plate came back, showing the vehicle had been stolen.

The driver backed into the police unit and fled the scene before crashing, an officer wrote in the warrant.

During a photo lineup, the officer involved in the crash identified Thomas as the wanted party.

Thomas' most recent TikTok post came on September 29, the same day Abraham's body was found.