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06 Oct 2024, 19:26 PM EDT
A TikTok star known as “Mr. Prada” has been arrested in connection with the murder of a beloved Louisiana therapist over the weekendaccording to reports from FOX8 New Orleans.
William Nicholas “Nick” Abraham, 69, was a former Catholic priest before becoming a fixture in the Baton Rouge community as a therapist and cable television personality.
Abraham’s body was discovered early Sunday morning wrapped in a tarp in a ditch off Highway 51 by a passerby. Authorities believe his body may have been placed there Saturday night.
Terryon Ishmael Thomas, 20, was arrested in Dallas County, Texas, on Tuesday after the Tangipahoa Sheriff’s Office released a statement confirming the social media personality was a person of interest.
Thomas is wanted on charges of second-degree murder and obstruction of justice in East Baton Rouge Parish, according to a statement shared with Fox News Digital.
Terryon Thomas, also known as “Mr. Prada” on TikTok, once posted a video captioned “practicing for my mugshot because this might be the year someone meets God if they make me too angry.” On her two TikTok accounts, the personality has more than 8 million followers.
Thomas will now have to complete a hearing with a judge in Texas who will consider extradition to Louisiana on the charges.
On Tuesday, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook a request for the public’s help in identifying the suspect, saying that “detectives believe the individual seen in these store surveillance images is the last known person to be found.” “I was driving the vehicle of William Nicholas Abraham, 69.”
“The vehicle was located by Baton Rouge Police on Monday afternoon. “The driver of the vehicle, at that time, sped away from a traffic stop and ultimately fled after crashing the car,” the post continued.
The Tangipahoa Parish Coroner’s Office ruled that Abraham died from blunt force trauma. The investigation has now been transferred to the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office, according to an email sent to Fox News Digital.
“I am absolutely devastated and completely shocked that something like this could happen to a man who I thought was so tender, so gentle and had such a helpful heart,” Abraham’s attorney, Jarrett Ambeau, told FOX 8 New Orleans.
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