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

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.

Man’s Corpse Wrapped Inside Tarp Found in Louisiana Ditch on Sunday, Identified as Baton Rouge Doctor UPDATE: The deceased man has been identified as 69-year-old Dr. William Nicholas Abraham of Baton Rouge. He was a well-known mental health therapist.

The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office is looking for a person of interest after a body was found in a tarp along a highway.

A well-known Baton Rouge mental health therapist was found murdered and wrapped in a tarp alongside a roadway in Tangipahoa Parish, investigators said.Detectives say 69-year-old Dr. William Nicholas Abraham of Baton Rouge died in a “violent attack” with blunt force trauma to his head,

Baton Rouge therapist’s body found wrapped in a tarp and dumped in a ditch over the weekend. The agency said its detectives believe the pictured individual captured by a store surveillance camera is the last person known to have been driving the vehicle belonging to the 69-year-old homicide victim,