A TikTok influencer wanted over the murder of a Louisiana therapist has a history of posting disturbing content.
Terryon Thomas, known online as Mr Prada, has been named as a person of interest in the murder of William Nicholas Abraham, 69, whose body was found in a tarp that had been dumped on a road on Sunday in Baton Rouge.
The 20-year-old TikToker was seen driving the therapist’s vehicle as he fled from authorities during a traffic stop. He has not been charged in the therapist’s death, which authorities say was caused by blunt force trauma.
As police search for Thomas, TikTok users have pointed to concerning videos posted by Mr Prada, with one fan writing: ‘The sings were ignored, praying for Mr Prada and his family.’
‘I’m bipolar… ya’ll never seen anybody that’s bipolar before?’ Thomas said in one video. ‘I was trying to hide it but it just slipped out.’
TikTok influencer Terryon Thomas, known online as Mr Prada, has a history of posting disturbing content
In other videos, the TikToker is seen unevenly shaving his head, leaving patches of hair throughout.
‘Life is a prison, get me the f*** out,’ Thomas said in a different clip to his more than 4million followers.
‘When you’ve gone a little too long without getting in trouble and you feel a cannon event approaching,’ Thomas wrote in April.
Just five days ago, Thomas posted a concerning YouTube video titled ‘What I do after a breakup,’ where he’s seen wearing smeared eyeliner and singing as he ripped his shirt off.
He reportedly refused to obey as the officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop – and instead backed into the police vehicle and fled on foot while officers recovered the victim’s vehicle.
The suspect was later captured on a nearby store’s surveillance cameras, which police released Monday night as he remained on the loose.
William Nicholas Abraham’s body was found wrapped in a tarp on the side of Highway 51
Baton Rouge police say Thomas was driving a Lincoln MKZ on Monday belonging to a beloved therapist that was found dead just one day before
‘It was a very physical and very violent attack,’ Tangipahoa Sheriff Gerald Sticker said, according to WAFB.
‘He was bludgeoned about in the head, shoulders and neck. There was a lot of bruising.’
A motive for the murder remains unclear, but East Baton Rouge Parish court records obtained by WWL show Abraham was previously arrested in 2015 for allegedly inappropriately touching an 11-year-old boy during a therapy session.
Abraham was never charged in the incident, and Sheriff Sticker said that while he is aware of the arrest, he is focusing on locating where the therapist – who had a regular show on Baton Rouge television – was killed.
‘Right now we have no inclination as to where this originated,’ the sheriff said.
He noted that there were no weapons found on the side of the highway where his body was dumped, and a search of the victim’s home in East Baton Rouge Parish also found no indications that a crime had been committed there.
The sheriff’s office is now seeking ‘any information that the public can give us to help us put the picture together of Saturday… evening, before he was ultimately murdered – which we believe occurred sometime Saturday night,’ Sticker said.
An arrest warrant has been issued for 20-year-old Terryon Ishmael Thomas – better known online as Mr. Prada
Abraham’s friends and family are also demanding answers.
They told WBRZ that Abraham left home Saturday to clean his car and go do paperwork at his office but never returned.
‘I want to know who did it and I want to know why,’ his brother, Tommy Abraham, told WBRZ.
‘I watch the news every night and I just sit back there and cringe when I hear someone killed somebody,’ he said. ‘It’s just not the way it’s supposed to be.’
‘No one should take a life but God. No one,’ Tommy added to WWL. ‘He’s the only one that can take a life, and for someone to take someone else’s life, you’re a coward.’
He and his brother, Joseph, said Abraham had worked as a Catholic priest for 14 years, serving in Mississippi and Milwaukee, before ultimately becoming a therapist.
Abraham also doubled as a life coach, ‘motivational speaker, recording artist, author, teacher and trailblazer,’ according to his website, which notes that he had experience treating substance abuse, anxiety and depression and worked with the LGBTQ community.
‘He made a mark on people’s lives and helped them be better people,’ Joseph said.
‘He was kind, loving, a gentle man and frankly not the kind of man that something like this would’ve happened to,’ added Abraham’s attorney, Jarret Ambeau.
‘I’m absolutely devastated and completely surprised that something like that could’ve happened to a man who I believe to be so tender and so gentle and have such a service heart.’
