Details before and after the therapist's death

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – TikTok star Mr. Prada is charged in the death of Baton Rouge therapist Dr. Nick Abraham charged with second-degree murder.

Officials believe the murder occurred at an apartment complex on Essen Lane in Baton Rouge.

The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Department says Dr. Abraham was last seen alive watching Terryon Thomas' “Mr. Prada's apartment on surveillance video around 11 a.m. Saturday.

“We have witnesses at the apartment complex who saw the suspect dragging the victim’s body,” said EBRSO Chief Administrative Deputy Casey R. Hicks.

Dr. Abraham's body was found Sunday morning in Tangipahoa Parish, wrapped in a tarp and left next to a highway. His car was reported missing but was later spotted at a mall where the suspect was seen entering a store.

Baton Rouge Police Department officers saw the car driving along Sherwood Forest Boulevard on Monday.

Witnesses tell us that the police stopped Thomas in a parking lot. He tried to back up and when he realized he couldn't get out, he drove through an alleyway to the back parking lot.

Witnesses say a wheel of the car fell off and Thomas then got out of the car and ran away.

“When this information was shared with everyone, family members came forward and said that after being chased by BRPD, he got a ride to his apartment and somehow managed to get to the bus station. And from the bus station he took the bus to Dallas, Texas,” Hicks said.

The U.S. Marshal Service arrested Thomas late Tuesday in Dallas.

East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Homicide Detectives searched Thomas' home the day before and found evidence that a violent physical altercation had occurred there.

They found several sharp objects, weapons and a lot of blood. The blood test from the Louisiana State Crime Lab matched Dr. Abraham.

“We have a DNA match at the suspect's residence for the victim and believe that may be where the crime occurred,” Hicks said.

According to EBRSO, the investigation is ongoing, but at this time there is no evidence that Thomas was one of Dr. Abraham's client was.

“We have search warrants, we have search warrants to collect additional evidence to get more information in this case. “Although we probably have grounds to charge him with murder, we still have a lot of evidence to collect,” Hicks said.

Hicks says the suspect waived extradition in Texas and asked his attorney. EBRSO is currently assessing how quickly Thomas can be extradited here for questioning.

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