Mom Issues Heartbreaking Plea On TikTok For Someone To Come Forward With Information On Her Son’s Murder
One of TikTok’s most beloved users, Ophelia Nichols (@shoelover99), has suffered an immense tragedy after her son was shot and killed at a gas station on June 24th.
Ophelia, known lovingly to her followers as ‘Mama Tot,’ is a mother, social media star, and podcaster.
She is best known for creating sweet videos for her followers, answering any questions, giving advice, telling stories, and encouraging them to take care of themselves.
Ophelia prides herself on providing love, joy, kindness, and acceptance to those who have no one to turn to, as she mentions on her website.
Now, it is Ophelia that needs the extra love and support as she is dealing with the aftermath of the terrible murder of her son, Randon Lee.
On the day of her son’s 19th birthday, Ophelia made an emotional video for her followers, revealing that her son had been shot the night before.
“I need your help with this,” Ophelia says in her video, pleading with her followers to come forward if anyone may have any information as to why the suspects killed her son.
“There are almost seven million people that follow me. Somebody’s gotta know something.”
TikTok; pictured above is Ophelia in one of her videos
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As condolences and messages of support flooded in from Ophelia’s followers, more developments have been made on the case.
According to the police department of Prichard, Alabama, Randon was selling marijuana to the two suspects who entered his vehicle at the gas station when they shot him before driving away in their car.
Randon had driven across the street to another gas station to escape his murderers and seek help but was tragically pronounced dead at the scene.
Ophelia made another video three days later to check in and update her followers, revealing how ‘shocked’ she and her family were to hear about the circumstances of her son’s murder.
She described how over the past year, her son had been doing well, and they thought he was “on the right track.”
Prior to his murder, they all celebrated his birthday at a dinner, where Ophelia and her family praised him for how well he was doing.
Ophelia says in her video that because her son seemed so happy, had a good job, was paying his own bills, and was in a happy relationship, she assumed he wouldn’t be doing anything to get himself into trouble.
She says that her family had no idea he was involved in anything illegal or dangerous.
The Prichard Police Department does have suspects in mind, but they have not been taken into custody, and their identities have not been revealed.
Nevertheless, Ophelia has written that she will “not stop” until her son’s murderer is found and prosecuted.
Randon graduated from Stanford Christian Academy in 2021 and worked as a cold panel tech.
According to his obituary, Randon loved animals, fishing, sunsets, being out on the water, and more. He had a lot of love for his family and friends and was known as a jokester.
“Please don’t think badly of my son for the circumstances of how he was taken,” wrote Ophelia on Instagram. “We are not ashamed of him and never will be.”
Ophelia continues to make videos, letting her followers know that she is staying strong and continuing to try and live her life.
To view Ophelia’s TikTok page, visit the link here.
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