The TikTok star accused of bludgeoning a Louisiana therapist to death and dumping his body on the side of the road posted a video of him "practicing" his mugshot a year before he was arrested for murder.
Terryon Thomas, 20, a popular influencer also known on TikTok as "Mr. Prada," uploaded the eerie clip of him pretending to pose for a jail photo in May 2023.
"Practicing for my mugshot cus [sic] this might be the year someone gonna meet God if they piss me off too much," he captioned the video, while lip syncing to the song "Almost There" from Disney's The Princess and the Frog.
Users flooded to the comments section, reviving the 15-month old post.
"He was not joking," one person wrote.
"Stood on business I see," another quipped.
"This aged well," a user chimed.
Thomas was arrested Monday in connection with the death of 69-year-old therapist William Nicholas Abraham of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, according to the Tangipahoa Sheriff's Office.
He's been charged with second-degree murder and obstruction of justice.
He has not yet entered a plea to the charges.
According to the arrest warrant reviewed by the Lawyer Herald, detectives began their investigation Sunday when they allegedly discovered Abraham's body wrapped in a blue tarp, tossed on the side of a highway in Fluker, Louisiana.
Detectives learned Abraham's SUV was also missing and tracked it down to Baton Rouge, where Thomas allegedly led police on a pursuit that ended when he crashed the vehicle.
After obtaining a search warrant for Thomas' apartment, detectives alleged there was evidence to indicate a violent altercation ensued. Blood, "multiple sharp objects and other weapons" were allegedly recovered, according to police documents.
A review of apartment surveillance footage allegedly showed Abraham arriving at Thomas' residence the day before his body was found. He was wearing the same clothes he was purportedly killed in.
A witness alleged to investigators they later on saw Thomas struggling to drag an object wrapped in a blue tarp into the victim's vehicle.
"I appreciate the work done by the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office, Baton Rouge Police Department, U.S. Marshal's Service and all others involved," East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Sid Gautreaux said in a statement. "This is an ongoing investigation that will take time to gather further evidence. I hope that this arrest may bring some closure and assurance to friends and family."
The relationship between Abraham and Thomas remains unclear and a motive is under investigation.
