BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The Baton Rouge Police Department issued an arrest warrant for the person of interest in connection to the death of William Nicholas Abraham, 69. His body was found on Sunday in a tarp along the highway. Terryon Ishmael Thomas, 20, of Newellton, is wanted on charges of aggravated criminal damage to property, resisting an officer and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. The accusations are not tied to Abraham's death. Baton Rouge police officers conducted a traffic stop around 12:20 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 30, in the 4300 block of North Sherwood Forest Boulevard. During the traffic stop, the driver of a black Lincoln MKZ, which was identified as Abraham's stolen vehicle, did not comply with the officer's commands. The officer later identified Thomas from a photo lineup. The Tanigpahoa Sheriff's Office also released surveillance video stills of the last person believed to have been driving Abraham's car, noting BRPD found the vehicle on Monday. BRPD obtained a warrant for Thomas on Tuesday. Tangipahoa Parish detectives think the person seen in these store surveillance pictures is the last person to have been driving the vehicle of William Nicholas Abraham. When detectives interviewed the officer, he said that he received notifications from a license plate reader that a stolen vehicle was in the area of North Sherwood Forest Boulevard, according to the arrest warrant. Deputies arrest man accused of shooting, killing his wife in Baton Rouge The officer said he watched the stolen vehicle head south in the 4300 block of North Sherwood Forest Boulevard and conducted a traffic stop. According to the arrest warrant, the car pulled over at one point, and when the officer got out of his unit to approach, the driver reportedly backed the stolen vehicle into the officer's marked unit. When the officer got in his unit and looked for the stolen vehicle, he found it unoccupied. When, where was the body found? Abraham's body was found Sunday morning in Tangipahoa Parish on Highway 51 near Fluker. He was a therapist in Baton Rouge who served as a priest for over a decade before changing careers. The cause of death, according to the Tangipahoa Parish Coroner’s office, was blunt force trauma. If you have information to help solve this case, call the Tangipahoa Parish Criminal Investigations Office at 985-902-2008. Latest News California firefighters in Hurricane Helene relief team recovering after crash in Texas Police issue warrant for person of interest accused of driving car of dead Baton Rouge man MLB legend Pete Rose's cause of death revealed Speaker Johnson says Congress has provided funds for Helene response McDonald’s is bringing back its famous ‘Boo Buckets,’ with a new color