A popular TikTok star with 3.9 million followers, known as “Mr. Prada 456,” has been accused of murdering a Louisiana therapist after investigators claimed the victim’s blood was discovered in his apartment, according to ‘People.com’.
Terryon Thomas, 20, was charged with second-degree murder and obstruction of justice following the death of 69-year-old William Nicholas Abraham, the East Baton Rouge sheriff’s office announced on Thursday, October 3.
Thomas is currently being held in a Dallas County Jail in Texas, where he was arrested on October 1 on unrelated charges of unauthorised use of a vehicle, aggravated criminal damage to property, and resisting arrest.
The charges come after Abraham’s body was found rolled up in a tarp on the side of a highway in Tangipahoa Parish on September 29. According to authorities, Abraham died from blunt force trauma in what they are treating as a homicide.
An arrest warrant obtained by ‘PEOPLE’ revealed that Thomas was taken into custody a day later in Texas after allegedly being found driving Abraham’s car. When stopped by police, Thomas reportedly attempted to flee, crashing the vehicle into a parking lot.
Surveillance footage taken from a store showed an individual driving Abraham’s vehicle shortly before it was abandoned, leading investigators to later identify Thomas as the suspect.
Authorities executed a search warrant at Thomas’ Baton Rouge apartment, where they reportedly discovered evidence of a violent altercation, including blood that matched Abraham’s DNA and several sharp objects and weapons.
Witnesses also told authorities they saw Thomas dragging an object wrapped in a blue tarp from his apartment, struggling as he brought it down the stairs and into what is believed to have been Abraham’s car.
The relationship between the two men remains unclear, and police say there is no indication that Thomas was a client of Abraham, a life coach and licensed professional counsellor who went by the name “Dr Nick.”
“I appreciate the work done by the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office, Louisiana State Police and Crime Lab, Baton Rouge Police Department, U.S. Marshal’s Service, and all others involved,” said East Baton Rouge Sheriff Sid Gautreaux. “This is an ongoing investigation… I hope that this arrest may bring some closure to friends and family.”