Moment TikTok star Mr. Prada, 20, is booked into jail on charges of murdering therapist, 69
Footage captured the moment TikTok star Mr.
Footage captured the moment TikTok star Mr. Prada was booked into jail in handcuffs as he stands accused of murdering a therapist.
The TikToker, real name Terryon Thomas, 20, allegedly murdered William Nick Abraham, 69, whose body was found beaten and wrapped in a tarp along a Baton Rouge highway on September 28.
Following Thomas arrest last week in Dallas, he was seen in new footage being walked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison in handcuffs.
It comes as fans of Thomas said they were stunned at the allegations against the star, who has amassed over 4.3 million followers on TikTok for his comedic skits.
Footage captured the moment TikTok star Mr. Prada was booked into jail in handcuffs as he stands accused of murdering a therapist
Terryon Ishmael Thomas, 20, better known as TikTok star Mr. Prada, is charged with murdering a 69-year-old therapist last month
According to police, Thomas was seen driving the therapists vehicle during a traffic stop the day after Abrahams body was found.
He allegedly refused to obey the officers orders and instead backed into a police vehicle before fleeing on foot.
The suspect was then captured on CCTV images from a nearby store, and when police released the images searching for a person of interest, social media users quickly identified him as the 20-year-old TikToker.
Within hours of the images being shared, Thomas TikTok account was flooded with comments questioning if he was involved in the murder, and whether he was on the run.
Investigators said that Thomas was not a patient of the therapist, and are working to establish how the two men crossed paths.
Therapist William Nicholas Abrahams body was found badly beaten last month, and police say they are still searching for a motive
Abrahams body was found wrapped in a tarp along Highway 51 in Tangipahoa
Thomas is facing charges of second-degree murder and obstruction of justice, with angipahoa Sheriff Gerald Sticker branding Abrahams death as a very physical and very violent attack.
He was bludgeoned about in the head, shoulders and neck. There was a lot of bruising, the sheriff added at a news conference.
After he was named as a person of interest in the slaying, fans of the TikToker said they had noticed a shift in the content of his videos in the months beforehand.
In one, he announced to users: Im bipolar... yall never seen anybody thats bipolar before? I was trying to hide it but it just slipped out.
Life is a prison, get me the f*** out, Thomas said in a different clip to his more than 4million followers.
When youve gone a little too long without getting in trouble and you feel a cannon event approaching, Thomas wrote in April.
And just last month, Thomas posted a concerning YouTube video titled What I do after a breakup, where hes seen wearing smeared eyeliner and singing as he ripped his shirt off.
TikTok influencer Terryon Thomas, known online as Mr. Prada, has a history of posting disturbing content, and fans said they noticed a change in his videos in recent months including shaving his head (pictured)
Abrahams family described him as a kind, loving, a gentle man and frankly not the kind of man that something like this wouldve happened to
In one post from May, 2023, he wrote: Practicing for my mug shot cus this might be the year someone gonna meet God if they piss me off too much.
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 victims home in East Baton Rouge Parish also found no indications that a crime had been committed there.
Baton Rouge police say Thomas was driving a Lincoln MKZ on Monday belonging to the therapist, who was found dead just one day before
Abrahams family have demanded answers, and said he 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 peoples lives and helped them be better people, the therapists brother Joseph told WBRZ.
He was kind, loving, a gentle man and frankly not the kind of man that something like this wouldve happened to, added Abrahams attorney, Jarret Ambeau.
Im absolutely devastated and completely surprised that something like that couldve happened to a man who I believe to be so tender and so gentle and have such a service heart.