A popular TikTok personality has been named as a person of interest in the death of a 69-year-old therapist whose body was discovered Saturday wrapped in a tarp on a highway outside of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Terryon Ishmael Thomas, 20, aka Mr. Prada, was arrested in Dallas Tuesday after a brief manhunt, according to a Louisiana Fox affiliate. He was spotted driving a vehicle that belonged to the victim, William Nicholas Abraham. Instead of stopping for law enforcement, Thomas backed into a police cruiser and fled on foot.
He was later caught on surveillance cameras at a nearby store. Details of his apprehension in Texas have not been made available.
Police believe Thomas was the last person to see Abraham alive. If and how they knew each other has not been established, and a possible motive remains unclear.
“It was a very physical and very violent attack,” Tangipahoa Sheriff Gerald Sticker t old television station WAFB . Abraham died from blunt force trauma.
Sticker said police are still trying to piece together details of the popular therapist’s death.