Wrapped inside the tarp was the body of a man, later identified as 69-year-old William Nicholas Abraham, the sheriff’s office said. Authorities said Abraham’s body was badly beaten, and the coroner’s office ruled his death a homicide by blunt force trauma.

William Nicholas Abraham was found dead along a highway near Tangipahoa Village. He died from blunt force trauma from homicide, officials said.

The body of a therapist was found wrapped in a tarp alongside a Louisiana highway and police are searching for a potential suspect. On Sunday, Sept. 29, a passerby reported seeing a suspicious trap rolled up on the side of a highway. Inside was a man’s body, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office says.