Self-help influencer William ‘Bill’ Hooper has been reported missing as his worried parents fear that his social media use played a role.
The content creator, 29, left his hometown in the New Jersey area and took a train to New York City on May 21.
According an alert circulated by local authorities, his last known location was Penn Station.
Hooper’s parents said that the online attention caused their son to feel some anxiety, which prompted him to stop posting to his TikTok account in March.
‘I think he was overwhelmed by modern-day use of cellphones and with blowing up on TikTok,’ his father told NJ.com.
Over the past 12 months, Hooper’s TikTok following exploded from 10 to more than 23,000.
William ‘Bill’ Hooper has been reported missing one week after he was last seen
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