A TikTok influencer with over 8 million followers, Terryon Ishmael Thomas, 20, has been identified as a person of interest in the brutal slaying of a Louisiana therapist.
Thomas was arrested in Dallas, Texas, on Tuesday for charges related to a traffic stop incident in Baton Rouge, where he was found driving the therapist’s car in the days after the murder.
Thomas is awaiting extradition to Louisiana, where he is a person of interest in the death of 69-year-old therapist Dr. William Nicholas “Nick” Abraham, as reported by the New York Post .
Abraham’s body was discovered wrapped in a tarp on the roadside Sunday morning, having been beaten to death in what Sheriff Gerald Sticker described as a “very physical, very violent death ,” according to WVUE.
It is unclear how the TikTok influencer popularly known as “Mr. Prada” with around 8.2 million followers, is connected to the therapist’s death.
Abraham had faced molestation accusations in 2015 involving an 11-year-old, but the charges were dropped. The East Baton Rouge District Attorney’s Office and Abraham’s lawyer confirmed that Thomas was not the alleged victim in that case, according to WBRZ.